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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 the committee say the Municipal is currently too much like?

2. Who did Dion sell his half of the business to?

3. What reason does Dion give for stopping exercise?

4. What is the setting of Scene 1?

5. What does Margaret offer to fry for Dion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Act 3, Scene 3.

2. What does the man tell Billy about the plan the firm have developed for his house?

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

4. How does Dion challenge Billy?

5. Why are Margaret and Dion struggling to live?

6. How does Cybel's mask hide who she is in reality?

7. Summarize Act 1, Scene 2.

8. Summarize Act 3, Scene 2.

9. What does Dion tell his sons before he leaves them?

10. Why does Dion think Billy needs him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the differences between a play and a film in terms of the following:

1. Language

2. Character

3. Structure

Essay Topic 2

What problems do Billy and Dion's generation face? How are the problems for Billy and Dion's generation different to the problems his father's generation face? Identify and discuss a significant problem facing your generation.

Essay Topic 3

Compare Billy and Dion's characters.

1) What made them close friends?

2) How are their ideas about life different?

3) How do their differences prove to be destructive?

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