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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 does Williamson say could happen to him if he gives Shelley the leads?

2. In the beginning of the play, what type of salesman does Levene tell Williamson to put on the job?

3. What system is used to determine who gets the best leads?

4. What window does Moss suggest Jerry Graff would pay for each lead when he first broaches the subject?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What point is Roma making discussing his best sexual experience?

2. Describe Ricky Roma.

3. What reassurance does Roma give Aaronow about talking to the police?

4. What competitive sales situation has Williamson created in the office?

5. What caveat does Levene try to add to his arrangement with Williamson, and how does Williamson respond?

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

7. What new information does the audience find out about the contest in this scene?

8. How does Roma introduce real estate to the conversation?

9. Why does Moss need Aaronow to actually rob the office?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the central drivers of plot in the play is the sales contest. Write an essay on this contest in three parts:

Part 1) Williamson is the bearer of new from Mitch and Murray, and he endeavors to explain the reasoning behind the contest. How does he defend the contest to Levene? Do you think it is intended to increase revenue, reduce the work force, or both?

Part 2) Levene, Moss, and Aaronow all decry the idiocy of the contest in the first act. What are their points regarding it? How was the business run in the past in terms of compensation? Do you think these men have a point?

Part 3) What unintended consequences result for the institution of this contest? Does the company ultimately benefit from it? What problems does it cause for Williamson and the salesmen?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about Shelly Levene as that tragic hero of Glengarry Glen Ross. To what extent is Levene the puppet of unseen forces throughout the entire play? How does he try to rise above these forces, and how is his final demise the product of this rebellion? Divide the essay into three paragraphs, one for each of these prompts.

Essay Topic 3

In the world of Glengarry Glen Ross, there is no coherent sense of right and wrong. The system is so corrupt that even actions in which people intend good are carried out by perfidious means. Write an essay about the moral ambiguity of the play. How is the company system one in which goodness is punished? How are Roma, who serves the system; Moss, who battles against it; and Levene, who is victimized by it, all essentially equal in their moral framework? Does anyone rise about the miasma of the company?

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