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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. In what year is this play written?

2. Who berates the men in the hotel room?

3. How are the men described as they try to figure out what to do with the object?

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

5. What disability does Jonathan struggle with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Madame Rosepettle react to Rosalie being in Jonathan's room?

2. What was extraordinary about Madame Rosepettle's pregnancy?

3. Why did Madame Rosepettle decide to marry Albert Rosepettle?

4. What is the last line of the play? How is this meaningful?

5. How is Rosalie's loneliness described in Scene 2?

6. What does the commodore think when Madame Rosepettle tells him about her husband?

7. How does Scene 2 end?

8. How did Madame Rosepettle's husband finally die? Why did Madame Rosepettle find this funny?

9. What are some of the ridiculous and absurd features in Scene 1?

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 is Kopit's story ultimately resolved? Do you think the plot was adequately resolved? In your opinion, what could have been added (or removed) to make it more meaningful?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the climax of this story and the series of events leading up to the climax. How did characters respond to the climax? What did Kopit include in his story to insure that the climax would be as powerful and meaningful as possible?

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