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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 the dietitian's name?
2. What does Weller think drives the management of the Home to provide entertainment?
3. Weller claims that what is 'a racket'?
4. Weller suggests what about his business partners in Act 1, Scene 1?
5. According to Fonsia and Weller, what does the Home lack more than anything else?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do you think is Weller's opinion of the other residents of the home after reading Act 1, Scene 1?
2. At the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2, Weller's actions contrast his earlier behavior and his current dress. How so, and what does this suggest about him?
3. In Act 1, Scene 1, what conditions find the two characters at the home?
4. What does the moment of faintness that Fonsia suffers in Act 1, Scene 2 reveal about the two characters?
5. What health condition of Weller's is Fonsia becoming concerned about at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
6. What does Gladys Mayes represent in the play?
7. In Act 1, Scene 2, why would Fonsia's father turn over in his grave, according to Weller?
8. What is Fonsia's concern for Weller at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
9. What 'admiral... minor virtues' did Fonsia's father personify, and how do you think they might contrast with Weller's character?
10. Why might Fonsia have thought that 'this day' was going to be particularly bad in Act 1, Scene 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What role does religion have in the play? How does it define the two characters of the play?
Essay Topic 2
The play was first performed in 1976. How do the relationships between men and women, as exemplified by the characters in the play, reflect a broken system? More specifically, what outmoded social roles are followed by the characters and do they contribute to their animosity towards one another?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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