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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Brown say has to die?

2. Which character does Billy say he wants to see suffer?

3. What does Dion say a boy hit him on the head with when he was four-years-old?

4. What does Billy say the laughter of heaven sows earth with?

5. What does Cybel say is the prayer she taught Billy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the values of the 1920s.

1. In what way are the characters a product of their time?

2. How does the play express the changes America was going through at the time?

3. Does modern society share any values with 1920s America?

Essay Topic 2

What made William Brown a good architect? What did Brown have to learn to become a successful architect?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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