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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. Why does Cybel say she likes sob tunes?

2. What does Cybel say Dion will never do?

3. What did Dion tell Brown he had destroyed?

4. What does Margaret say Dion looks like?

5. What does Dion tell the boys they must inherit from their mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Billy's office.

2. Why does Mr. Anthony not want Dion to attend college?

3. How does Billy react to the mask taunting him?

4. Why did Cybel take Dion into her house?

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

6. Summarize Act 3, Scene 2.

7. How has Billy's life changed in the last seven years?

8. How does Margaret surprise the two draftsmen?

9. Summarize Act 1, Scene 3.

10. Why is Mr. Brown angry at his business partner, Mr. Anthony?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the play's reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Billy's character to the person he was at the beginning of the play to the person he is at the end.

1) What did Billy hope to achieve at the beginning of the play?

2) What events changes Billy's ideas about life?

3) How has Billy's character changed by the end of the novel?

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