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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 does Moss plan to steal the leads?

2. At the very beginning of Scene 2, how does Moss characterize all the leads he is given?

3. What piece of information does Aaronow try to glean from Moss in many different ways as they discuss robbing the bank?

4. What does Moss say he will have to do if Aaronow does not agree to the plan?

5. Where does Levene want his two premium sits?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe some of the extravagant claims Levene makes about his past with the company.

2. How does Moss initially broach the idea of robbing the office?

3. Describe James Lingk in Act 2.

4. Why is Roma frantic when he enters the office in Act 2?

5. How does Williamson figure out that Levene robbed the office?

6. How does the nature Roma and Lingk's conversation shift at the end of the scene?

7. What big news does Levene have when he enters in Act 2?

8. Describe Dave Moss.

9. What is the reality of Levene's big sale, according to Williamson?

10. Describe Shelly Levene.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The framing device of the first act only gives us brief glimpses of the characters, and it never puts all of them in the same room. Moreover, it gives us information about the contest in small portions. How does this affect the way the view experiences the play? What speculations does it create? How is the audience prepared for the second act?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the topic of Glengarry Glen Ross as social criticism. In what way is the real estate office a microcosm for a system of capitalism gone rampant? How are the salesmen figures seen as both victims and perpetrators of this system? Cite examples from the real world - perhaps in the modern derivatives market - of people who have served the same purpose in a wildly unregulated system.

Essay Topic 3

In Act 1, Scene 3, Ricky Roma speaks at length about the world, fear, morality, and eventually real estate. Analyze this monologue, dividing your examination into three parts:

Part 1) In the beginning of the scene, Roma is engaging James Lingk in a frank discussion about moral codes. About what does he assure Lingk? What does he believe about middle-class morality?

Part 2) The body of Roma's, monologue concerns the things that drive human beings to fear full paralysis. What are these things? How does Roma free himself of them? How does he recommend Lingk do the same?

Part 3) What is the ultimate objective of Roma's soliloquy? How does he make this objective clear at the very end of the scene? How has the rest of the monologue been at service of this objective?

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