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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second human reaction to life's uncertainty that Roma lists in Scene 3?

2. What land is Roma trying to sell Lingk?

3. How many of the B-list leads does Williamson give Roma?

4. What ability does Lingk say he does not have?

5. In Roma's list of hypothetical events near the end of Scene 3, what has just happened to the man who is run over by a cab?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Scene 3 of Glengarry Glen Ross provides on of the strangest interchanges of the play. Roma's long diatribe to Lingk is equal parts preaching, commiserating, flirting, and salesmanship. Write an essay about the multi-layered ambiguity of the scene. What does each man want from the interchange? How does Roma intermingle Lingk's desire with his own objective? What does this scene say about the nature of sales?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the setting of the play. What is Mamet saying about the world that these men inhabit? Does he believe they can ever escape it, or does the constant grinding follow them everywhere they go? What lives do they have outside of this world? Divide the essay into two parts analyzing the significance and connection between these two locations:

Part 1) The Chinese restaurant

Part 2) The office

Essay Topic 3

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?

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