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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 final word in the spelling bee?

2. What news does Artie have for her mother when she calls her for the second time in scene 4?

3. What does Dorothea feel is the most important aspect of Echo's personality?

4. What kind of winner was Echo?

5. What did Echo remember about the trip back east?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Artie's choice of seat at the Spelling Bee a metaphor for her life?

2. Why did Dorothea change her granddaughter's name to Echo?

3. Why do you think the author chose to "kill off"all the male characters in the play?

4. Why do you think that Echo put on the wings in the beginning of scene 5?

5. Why are Artie and Echo arguing over Dorothea as scene 4 opens?

6. Why is Echo unable to see what she is doing to the little boy in the Spelling Bee?

7. Why does Dorothea cut a lock of Artie's hair?

8. Why does Artie feel that she has fulfilled her commitment to Echo?

9. After all her time away from Dorothea, why do you think Artie finally called her?

10. Why do you think that Dorothea reacts so coldly to Artie when she searches for the lock of hair?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foreshadowing is used throughout Eleemosynary. Discuss examples of it and how it increases understanding of the play.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Dorothea's reaction to Artie searching for her lock of hair. Why is this so important to Dorothea, and is Dorothea reasonable in her reaction to Artie's search?

Essay Topic 3

Artie was set up for failure repeatedly by Dorothea's unreasonable expectations. Explore these scenes and write about how these early events later influenced Artie's life choices. Give evidence from the play to support your thoughts.

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