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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the guard tell Ben to turn on Yank?

2. What metal are the bars of the cell made from?

3. What does a voice advise Yank to join if he wants to get back at the girl?

4. What does Yank say he is wise to?

5. What does the guard ask Ben to fetch for Hank?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the differences between a play and a book in terms of the following:

1. Language.

2. Character.

3. Structure.

4. Setting.

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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