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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the group of bellboys as more things are moved into the hotel room?

2. Why doesn't Madame Rosepettle want any sunlight to enter the room?

3. Which character can be described as forceful and rude?

4. What happens to the object after something is broken off of it?

5. Which term is incorporated into many characters' names?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can you explain the minimal amount of reaction to corpses in Scene 3?

2. What is Madame Rosepettle's bedroom like? Does this describe what you would have expected?

3. Based on Madame Rosepettle's assessment of Rosalie's character, do you think Rosalie is as innocent as she lets on?

4. Why is Madame Rosepettle particularly interested in the yacht in the harbor?

5. How does Madame Rosepettle react to the commodore?

6. Why doesn't Madame Rosepettle want any light in the hotel room? Why is this ironic?

7. Why does Madame Rosepettle refer to Jonathan by different names each time she speaks to him?

8. How does Scene 2 end?

9. What do you make of Jonathan's claim that he is fulfilled by his coin and stamp collections?

10. What role does the telescope play in Jonathan's relationship with Rosalie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you describe the development of the relationship between Jonathan and Rosalie? Why do you think Jonathan becomes so quickly attached to her? What benefits do both characters derive from the relationship?

Essay Topic 2

What effect does early 1960's Cuba have on Kopit's novel? How does it add to the story? What impact does the war have on characters, and how might they be different had the story been set during a different time?

Essay Topic 3

Madame Rosepettle experiences flashbacks in this story that refer to her relationship with her dead husband. What do these flashbacks teach us about Madame Rosepettle? What purpose do the flashbacks serve in the story?

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