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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 Brady confess?

2. At her home in Chicago, what is Mrs. Jefferson doing?

3. For what does Jack thank Brady?

4. Why does Jack call Ellie honey?

5. Why does Cap'n Dan tell Brady the whole country is going to feel let down?

Short Essay Questions

1. What speeches do both Brady and Jack make before the fight?

2. How does Mrs. Bachman end her monologue?

3. What does Jack ask of Ellie at the beginning of the scene? What is her response?

4. What is Jack's sentence? How do Mrs. Jefferson and Clara react?

5. How does the reader know that Jack is worried about money?

6. Why are Jack, Ellie, and Goldie in a diplomatic office in London, England?

7. How does Treacher respond to these complaints?

8. How does Clara act during the procession? Why does she act this way? How do others react to her behavior?

9. Why does the crowd start booing during the fight between Jack and the Polish fighter?

10. Why is a group of black people collecting signatures and money?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Various crowd scenes exist throughout this play.

Part 1) Describe these crowd scenes.

Part 2) What is the purpose of these scenes?

Part 3) Are these crowd scenes effective ways to engage the audience and indirectly express details about the story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Contrast exists throughout several scenes in this play.

Part 1) Describe these contrasts. How do these contrasts enhance the story?

Part 2) What is the purpose for these contrasts?

Part 3) What do these contrasts reveal about real life?

Essay Topic 3

Jack tries to pursue his American Dream elsewhere.

Part 1) What is the American Dream?

Part 2) Why does Jack do this? Where does he go? Describe his experiences in other countries.

Part 2) What do Jack's experiences say about the American Dream?

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