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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 Paddy say Mildred was dressed like when she came into the stokehole?

2. What does Yank say he has forgotten?

3. What does Mildred's aunt call her as Mildred walks away?

4. What does Paddy say ten doctors and nurses will be feeding Mildred?

5. What drink do the voices say is doped?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Rodin's The Thinker?

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

3. Describe the setting in scene four.

4. What does Yank decide is the only way to get back at people who have ruined his life?

5. How does scene two contrast with scene one?

6. Describe the setting in scene seven?

7. What happens when the Yank releases the gorilla from its cage?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1920s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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