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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. Does Brady accept the idea?

2. What does a group of rangers arrive and announce?

3. Who does Clara see out the window?

4. Who says that the black man did not fight "like a man" in a match in Australia?

5. How do the white people in the audience respond?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is decided about the fight?

2. Describe the interaction between Jack and the Young Black German Man.

3. What is the final decision on Dixon's plan?

4. How do Fred and Cap'n Dan react to Dixon's plan?

5. What do Cap'n Dan, Smitty, Pop Weaver, and Fred say about Jack's publicity?

6. What is Cameron's response to these complaints?

7. What suggestion does Cap'n Dan give to convince Jack to take part in the fixed fight? How do the other men respond to this?

8. What does one reporter say about Brady being the White Hope?

9. What takes place in this scene?

10. How does the play begin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Blackface was performed in minstrel shows.

Part 1) What is Blackface? How is it hurtful to African Americans?

Part 2) How is it used in this play? Why is it used?

Part 3) What does Blackface reflect about society at this time?

Essay Topic 2

Jack boxes through Round 10 in his last fight.

Part 1) How does this affect others? Why are they affected this way?

Part 2) Why does Jack do this? What does this reveal about him?

Part 3) What does this mean for the bigger picture and the fight between the black and white communities?

Essay Topic 3

Mrs. Bachman is Ellie's mother.

Part 1) How is she affected by Ellie and Jack's relationship? Why?

Part 2) What is the purpose of her soliloquy?

Part 3) Based on what you know about her, how might she have reacted to Ellie's suicide?

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