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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 Irish city does Yank mention in the third scene?

2. What does Aunt tell Mildred she loathes?

3. What are all the men in the fireman's forecastle dressed in?

4. Who is escorting Mildred to the stoke hole?

5. How does Yank describe Mildred's hands?

Short Essay Questions

1. What image does the author say he is trying to set?

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

3. Describe the setting in scene three.

4. Describe the setting in scene six.

5. Why is Yank angry with Mildred?

6. Why are the working class resentful of the upperclass in the play?

7. In what way do Mldred and her aunt depart on bad terms?

8. How does Yank show his rage at the end of the fourth scene?

9. What is the setting in scene five?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What symbolism does O'Neill uses in the play? Why is symbolism important to the play's meaning? Do the students think there can be too much symbolism in a piece? Do the students think there tends to be more symbolism in theatre than other arts? If so, why?

Essay Topic 3

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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