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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. When Weller begins losing his temper at the game, Fonsia threatens what?
2. What does the family of Gladys Maye do to Weller that annoys him?
3. What game is Weller playing at the opening of the play?
4. As Weller begins losing his temper, he begins yelling. He also begins doing what?
5. What part of gin does Fonsia wish to stick to at first?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Fonsia's childhood suggest about her character?
2. Prior to the deal being made in Act 1, Scene 2, how would you characterize this scene - as more of a comedy or a tragedy?
3. How would you characterize the questions Weller makes to Fonsia, and how do they propel the first scene of the play?
4. What does Gladys Mayes represent in the play?
5. How does Weller's choice of profanity conform to the opening action in Act 1, Scene 2?
6. What do the costumes of the two characters at the opening of Act 1, Scene 2 suggest?
7. What is Fonsia's concern for Weller at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
8. In Act 1, Scene 1, what conditions find the two characters at the home?
9. What do you think is Weller's opinion of the other residents of the home after reading Act 1, Scene 1?
10. In Act 1, Scene 1, what does the condition of the stage setting suggest about the financial standing of the residents?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do Fonsia's actions and confessions in the later half of the play diverge from the facade of her character in the first half of the play?
Essay Topic 2
Fonsia relates her phobia of misspelling words when she was an apartment manager. What does this story say about her, and is there any truth to Weller's criticism of her for holding this fear?
Essay Topic 3
What is the role of death in the play? What do the characters reveal about old age in the way they discuss it?
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