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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. Who is Kath's father?

2. How many children does Kemp have?

3. What is knocked to the floor at the end of Act One?

4. What does Ed ask Sloane about first?

5. What does Kemp say he witnesses his son engaged in when he is 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Kemp? What is his relationship to Kath and Ed? How old is he?

2. How does Sloane respond when Ed corners him regarding taking out the car? What is Ed's reaction?

3. At which point in Act Three does Sloane lose the upper hand?

4. Describe Ed's character. Where does he live? What is his profession?

5. How does Sloane remember his parents? Why does he feel as he does?

6. What does Sloane tell Kath when she asks him about striking Kemp? What is her reply?

7. What comments does Kemp say that lead to the presumption that he is bigoted? How do the others respond?

8. What story does Sloane tell Ed to convince him to allow him another chance in Act Three?

9. What does Ed tell Sloane he has to do regarding Kemp's death? What is Sloane's response?

10. What is Sloane's "threat" used to get what he wants? How do the characters respond to it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the relationship between Ed and Kemp and between Kemp and Kath. How do these differ? How are they similar?

Essay Topic 2

How is Joe Orton's own life reflected in Entertaining Mr Sloane? What figures in the play relate to his personal life? How?

Essay Topic 3

How does Sloane "fit in" with his new home and the surrounding characters? How do you react if you enter the world of this play? Do you empathize with any of the characters? Why? Why not?

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