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

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

3. In which city did Mildred work as a social worker?

4. What kind of food does Mildred say her aunt reminds her of?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the language used in the scene reflect the the natures of the characters?

2. Describe the opening scene?

3. Describe the setting in scene four.

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

5. What does Yank say he remembers about Mildred?

6. How does Yank get himself arrested?

7. How do the crowd react to Yank's anger?

8. What is Rodin's The Thinker?

9. Why does Mildred say it is not important if she dirties her white dress?

10. Why does the guard hose Yank down?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How do the capitalist class oppress the working classes? How have the working classes made life better for themselves over the centuries? In what way was communism a reaction against working class oppression?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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