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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. Which two engineers arrive in the stoke room with Mildred?

2. In what country does Yank sing a lass waits for him?

3. What does Long say is Mildred's father's political beliefs?

4. What is the name of the song Paddy sings at the end of the first scene?

5. What does Paddy say Mildred was dressed like when she came into the stokehole?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Yank react when the chief engineer begins blowing his whistle even louder than before?

2. How does Long react when Yank's temper gets the better of him?

3. Descibe the setting in scene two?

4. Describe the opening scene?

5. What does Long tell Yank he is fighting?

6. What do Mildred and her aunt discuss?

7. How does Yank get the men working harder?

8. Why does Yank think he and the men are better than the upperclasses?

9. How does Mildred react to Yank's rage?

10. What does the article accuse the IWW of trying to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Yank's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Yank hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Yank's ideas about life?

3. How has Yank's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme:

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 3

In 1942, William Bendix starred in a film version of the Hairy Ape. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant 6 years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

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