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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. In Act 1, Scene 2, what does Weller attribute the winning streak to?
2. What does Weller decide to call Fonsia?
3. According to Fonsia, the staff never offers her 'her' medicine, but instead patronizingly does what?
4. According to Weller in Act 1, Scene 2, how are the percentages looking?
5. What kept Weller from relocating with his family?
Short Essay Questions
1. What about the Presbyterian home threatens both characters?
2. What does Fonsia's childhood suggest about her character?
3. In Act 1, Scene 2, why would Fonsia's father turn over in his grave, according to Weller?
4. 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?
5. What do the costumes of the two characters at the opening of Act 1, Scene 2 suggest?
6. How does Fonsia win the last hand of Act 1, Scene 1, and what might this foreshadow?
7. In Act 1, Scene 2, what according to Weller "seems to happen quite a lot to [Fonsia]," and how could this be seen as helpful to the writing of the play?
8. What do you think is Weller's opinion of the other residents of the home after reading Act 1, Scene 1?
9. What is it that you think is bothering Fonsia in Act 1, Scene 1?
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
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
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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