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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 has Mr. Bonaparte just purchased for Joe?

2. Who tries to tell Roxy how to manage Joe?

3. Who is Roxy?

4. Who is Tom Moody?

5. Lorna accuses Moody of wanting her to sleep with whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Joe and his father finally clash in their ideas for what Joe should do with his life?

2. Describe the encounter between Joe and Lorna after Joe learns that she is marrying Moody in a few days.

3. How does Joe respond to Tokio's advice to forget about Lorna?

4. Explain how Joe's decisions are all driven by anger from the time he breaks his hand.

5. What is the setting for Act 1, Scene 4, and what is the topic of conversation between Joe and Lorna as the scene opens?

6. How is Joe's intention to box revealed to the family?

7. Describe how Fuseli threatens Lorna.

8. Contrast Frank's injuries to those that Joe has sustained in his career.

9. What is the setting for Act 1, Scene 2 and which two characters open the scene?

10. How does Fuseli symbolize the final break between Joe and his family and a more artistic way of life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does Odets end the play on a note of hope or the continuance of the futility of man's struggle to live the American Dream. Give your perspective and two reasons to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Explain Odet's use of symbolism and imagery in the book as related to the violin. What does the violin represent? Which characters are especially affected by the violin and what does it mean to them?

Essay Topic 3

Odets opens the play with the story of Lorna and her desperation to marry Moody who is still married. What does Lorna symbolize in the novel? Why does Odets use her character to establish the story?

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