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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 is Echo's relationship to Dorothea?

2. What does Dorothea do to help Artie learn?

3. Where in scene 3 does the audience feel sympathy for Dorothea?

4. What happened when Artie tried to fly?

5. What great skill does Echo have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Artie ever rebel from Dorothea?

2. Do you think Artie will be able to function away from her mother?

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

4. Why do you think Dorothea felt little or no grief when her husband died?

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

6. What does Artie admit is her own neurosis?

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

8. How is Dorothea's educational treatment of Echo similar to how she raised Artie?

9. Who ignited Echo's original love of words?

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

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 2

Artie said she could remember everything and was against total recall as a form of learning. Despite this, she drilled Echo repeatedly on spelling words. Why do you think she chose to teach Echo in this way? What other factors may have played into her decision?

Essay Topic 3

Dorothea gives her daughter and granddaughter very meaningful names: Artie (Artemis) and Echo. Dorothea explains her reasoning behind Echo's naming in the play. Artie is named after Artemis, a Greco-Roman huntress who was known for her ruthlessness and solitariness. Discuss how the characters' names fit their personalities. Give examples from the text to support your thoughts.

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