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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. After the picnic, what does Dorothea decide she should become?

2. How does Artie feel about the outcome of her pregnancy?

3. Who says that a smart girl will never be married?

4. Who enters the first scene wearing wings?

5. Who opens scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Artie admit is her own neurosis?

2. Why do you think Artie runs away instead of letting her mother send her to college?

3. How does Dorothea's choice to become an eccentric take away Artie's freedom?

4. At what point in scene 3 do you think the audience loses sympathy for Dorothea?

5. Why does Artie feel that she was Dorothea's guinea pig as she grew up?

6. What is the opening action of this play, and what does this foreshadow?

7. Why does Artie feel her ability to remember everything is an inconvenience?

8. How are the 3 main characters related to each other?

9. What is the primary complication between the Westbrook women in this play?

10. What skill does Echo have, and how does this skill become a form of communication between Echo and her mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The title of the play is a background theme throughout the play. Discuss why this title is appropriate for the play. Give examples of how it is used throughout the play.

Essay Topic 2

Dorothea admits that in the last years of her life she is more concerned about her daughter, from whom he is estranged, rather than her granddaughter, whom she is raising. Why do you think this is true, and what may be the affects of this on Echo?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how motherhood is handled by both Dorothea and Artie. Do you think Echo will be different in her role as a mother?

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