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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 illness does Fonsia have that requires constant care?
2. When Weller claims to have a good hand, what is Fonsia's response?
3. What is the name of the home?
4. What does Weller believe the staff of the Home stole from him?
5. What is Weller's reaction to the televangelist?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the attire of the two characters suggest about their respective attitudes in Act 1, Scene 1?
2. What is Fonsia's concern for Weller at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
3. Towards the end of Act 1, Scene 2, Weller begins misinterpreting what Fonsia says. How do these misinterpretations move the play?
4. How would you characterize the questions Weller makes to Fonsia, and how do they propel the first scene of the play?
5. What does the moment of faintness that Fonsia suffers in Act 1, Scene 2 reveal about the two characters?
6. How does Weller's choice of profanity conform to the opening action in Act 1, Scene 2?
7. In Act 1, Scene 2, why would Fonsia's father turn over in his grave, according to Weller?
8. What health condition of Weller's is Fonsia becoming concerned about at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
9. Why might Fonsia have thought that 'this day' was going to be particularly bad in Act 1, Scene 1?
10. What is the simple truth about old age homes - a truth not even wealth can correct, according to Weller? How might the two characters thwart this truth?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How are Weller and Fonsia's ex-spouses similar in nature? How are they different from her father as she remembers him? Is her son the victim of preconceived notions of hers?
Essay Topic 2
What role does luck have in the play? For whom is the luck good and for whom is it bad? Please take the context of the characters' histories into account.
Essay Topic 3
Why is Weller so upset about being made a model retiree by the family of Gladys Mayes? How does this relate to him disguising his illness, and how does it contribute to his contempt of the staff and residents of the Home?
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