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

Short Answer Questions

1. What scene do they play?

2. Does this speaker say that the audience can go ahead and hate her if they want?

3. How far away does Cap'n Dan realize that is?

4. What does Smitty come in and give Jack?

5. When does this speaker feel the audience will truly understand what he or she is saying?

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

The physical fight between Jack and the White Hope is symbolic.

Part 1) What does it symbolize?

Part 2) How does this fight affect everyday citizens? Why?

Part 3) How does this put large amounts of pressure on the fighters? How do they feel about being symbols?

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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