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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cybel throw over Brown's bare body?

2. What does the Younger Draftsman say Dion is as drunk as?

3. Who does Margaret kiss passionately in Act 3, Scene 3?

4. What does Margaret say Dion has been full of lately?

5. What does the author say the expression on Billy's face suggests?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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