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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. Where does Fonsia's sister live?

2. Fonsia wins the first gin game by doing what?

3. What comment does Fonsia make regarding Gladys Maye?

4. Upon losing the second game, Weller becomes upset and starts collecting cards. What does he forget to do?

5. What was the name of Fonsia's husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the attire of the two characters suggest about their respective attitudes in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. How does Weller's choice of profanity conform to the opening action in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. What health condition of Weller's is Fonsia becoming concerned about at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

4. Why might Fonsia have thought that 'this day' was going to be particularly bad in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. In Act 1, Scene 2, Weller states that "half of them are catatonic... and... the ones who do talk make you appreciate the ones who don't." Who is the quote in regards to, and what is it about the talking that bothers both characters?

6. What do the costumes of the two characters at the opening of Act 1, Scene 2 suggest?

7. In Act 1, Scene 1, what conditions find the two characters at the home?

8. What does the moment of faintness that Fonsia suffers in Act 1, Scene 2 reveal about the two characters?

9. According to Weller, what does he believe drives the staff's constant need to entertain the residents of the home?

10. How does the scoring, according to the Hollywood style, work in gin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of death in the play? What do the characters reveal about old age in the way they discuss it?

Essay Topic 2

How are the two characters hypocritical in the play? What does this reveal about them?

Essay Topic 3

Each scene is set apart by the time of day, the day of week, and the weather in the scene. How do these components complement the action and dialogue of each scene?

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