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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 Aunt tell Mildred she loathes?

2. What does Yank say Paddy is always doing?

3. How does Yank pronounce the word think?

4. Who turns Yank to stone?

5. How does Yank describe Mildred's hands?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Yank suddenly become angry with Mildred's father?

2. What does Long think is the only way workers can gain power?

3. What is Long's opinion of what happened to Mildred in the engine room?

4. How does Yank react when Mildred leaves the engine room?

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

6. How does scene two contrast with scene one?

7. Why does Yank say he is jealous of the gorilla?

8. What does Long say about the capitalist class?

9. How does Yank get the men working harder?

10. What does Rodin's The Thinker represent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the construction of O'Neill's argument.

1. How does he introduce his ideas?

2. How does he construct his ideas to come to logical conclusion?

3. What weaknesses and strengths can you identify in O'Neill's argument?

Essay Topic 2

Who are the IWW and how influential have the IWW been in American society? What are O'Neill's views of the IWW? How does he express his views in the book?

Essay Topic 3

What are the arguments for and against communism? What are O'Neill's opinions on communism? Do you agree or disagree with O'Neill?

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