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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 evidence does Weller provide in Act 2, Scene 2 to reflect Fonsia's vindictiveness?
2. What action does Weller take to try to mollify Fonsia as she is crying on the porch?
3. What is the Extended Family?
4. In Act 2, Scene 1, what is Weller referring to when he says "a warehouse for the intellectually and emotionally dead."
5. Act 2, Scene 1 transpires how long after the end of Act 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Weller mean when he says "people say exactly what the hell they mean- then they say, 'I was only kidding.'"
2. How does the weather differ in Act 2, Scene 2 from other scenes? Why is it important?
3. What word in particular was Fonsia daunted by when working?
4. What lie does Fonsia admit to making when seeking employment earlier in life?
5. What point is Weller trying to drive home to Fonsia in his relation of the Ty Cobb story in Act 2, Scene 1?
6. Weller criticizes Fonsia for being vindictive. How does she exemplify this behavior?
7. Do you think Fonsia 'fed' Weller the Jack of Hearts in Act 2, Scene 1? Explain why.
8. What is the source of Fonsia's friction with her son?
9. In the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1, Weller's temper is the subject of the players discussion. What is Fonsia alluding to when she says "I don't think I'm so much afraid of what you're going to do to me. I just don't know what's going to happen next..."
10. In Act 2, Scene 1, are Weller's apologies sincere? What about his motive?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the wardrobe of the two characters change during the course of the play, and what does it represent?
Essay Topic 2
The play is considered a tragi-comedy. How does the playwright balance the tragic aspects of the play with the comic?
Essay Topic 3
How is the game of gin in this play used as a metaphor for life?
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