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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 hangs around Dion's neck?

2. Which character comes into the room to talk to Dion?

3. What name does Dion call Cybel to imply she is maternal?

4. How does the author refer to Dion's eldest child?

5. Who does Margaret say takes up a lot of Dion's time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Billy and Dion's parents suggest about Dion and Billy's futures?

2. Why does Billy say he wants Dion to work for him?

3. Summarize Act 1, Scene 3.

4. In what way does the Anthony family contrast to the Brown family?

5. How does Margaret react to seeing Billy in Dion's mask?

6. Why does the draftsman think Dion has murdered Billy?

7. What excuse does Dion make for wearing Billy's clothes?

8. How have Margaret and Dion's appearances changed seven years later?

9. Why did Cybel take Dion into her house?

10. What do Margaret's three boys argue about on the pier?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Eugene O'Neill view the 1920s? What impact did his ideas have on American society? Has his impact been mainly positive, or mainly negative?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the construction of O'Neill's argument.

1) How does he introduce his ideas?

2) How does he construct his ideas to come to logical conclusion?

3) What weaknesses and strengths can you identify in O'Neill's argument?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the play's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1920s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the play if it were set in today's society?

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