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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 Scoop ask Heidi to do the evening of the party?

2. What song is playing when Act 1, Scene 3 ends?

3. What is one characteristic that would describe Heidi?

4. What is the purpose of the Prologue to Act I?

5. What is one wish that Heidi shares with the women's group meeting in the church basement?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Heidi resentful of Peter?

2. What does Scoop possess that Heidi wishes she had more of? What does she question?

3. How does Heidi react to Susan's instructions?

4. What news does Peter share with Heidi after she pushes him to find a girlfriend? Why is he frustrated?

5. What reason does Scoop give for marrying Lisa rather than Heidi?

6. Heidi criticizes the painting of Lily Martin Spencer for a particular reason. What is that reason?

7. What is Heidi doing at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

8. What are the societal expectations at the high school dance in the mid-1960's?

9. How do Heidi and Peter meet?

10. When Fran invites Heidi to share, what does Heidi do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Scoop is unable to make a serious commitment to anything, until the end of the play?

Essay Topic 2

Detail Heidi's journey into feminism. When did it start? How did her point of view change ( or did it) throughout the years? What was her overriding ideal that she keeps striving for? Is she successful in achieving her goal?

Essay Topic 3

By the end of the play, what does Heidi do to bring a wholeness to her life?

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