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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roma say is the only measure of wealth a person can amass?

2. How does Roma know the office was robbed before he enters?

3. What type of drink is Lingk drinking?

4. What is the name of the lead that Levene closes?

5. In Roma's extended monologue in Scene 3, what befuddles people?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the character of George Aaronow. How does he fit into the framework of the real estate office? What is the first impression that the audience has of this character? Does he betray anyone in the play, and does this make him a better person? Does that fact that he has not been fired or arrested by the end of the play signify a sort of ironic justice?

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

Mamet's play is essentially about what is hidden in our speech. Every character in the play wants something, but he conceals his desires behind small-talk, jargon, platitudes, and vulgarity. Choose one character from the play and analyze in an essay how he conceals his objectives. What does he want? How is his personality an act to distract people from his ultimate design? Does he succeed or fail?

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