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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. How does a man in the crowd joke about Brady?

2. What does Brady confess?

3. What does the next witness, Inspector Wainwright, detail?

4. How does Jack respond when Smitty asks whether Jack really thinks he can win?

5. What does Jack tell the crowd?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Brady convinced to fight this match?

3. What is Jack's plan?

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

5. How do the men feel about the fighter? What is Dixon's plan?

6. What takes place at the beginning of this scene?

7. How does Jack feel before the fight with the Polish boxer?

8. Describe Mrs. Jefferson's funeral procession.

9. How does Jack respond to Ragosy's request? What is Ellie's reaction?

10. Why does Jack say he does not need to warm up?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mrs. Jefferson dies.

Part 1) How is her death foreshadowed? How are others, especially Jack, affected by her death?

Part 2) What do other characters in her funeral procession represent? How do you know this?

Part 3) How does the scene in which Mrs. Jefferson's funeral procession take place symbolize a larger sadness and frustration?

Essay Topic 2

Foreshadowing is used in this play.

Part 1) How is foreshadowing used in this play?

Part 2) Is this literary device necessary to this story? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this foreshadowing affect the audience? Does it prepare them for what is to come? Does it add to the suspense? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

The play's theme is that integrity and self-respect have to come from within rather than an outside source.

Part 1) How is this theme revealed?

Part 2) How is this theme reflected in the behaviors and attitudes of the various characters?

Part 3) What literary devices are used to support this theme? How?

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