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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 Heidi's class reviewing for?

2. What are the names of the other two women working with Jill to set up for the group meeting in the church basement in Act 1, Scene 3?

3. The opening scene in Act I, Scene 3 has what song in the background?

4. What is the name of Heidi's friend that goes to the dance with her?

5. In Act I, Scene I, what element is used to convey Heidi's road to feminism?

Short Essay Questions

1. Heidi discloses information about herself when mentioning her high school dance. What is that piece of information?

2. What is one personality characteristic that Scoop sees in Heidi and how does he feel about this characteristic?

3. What is the purpose of this Prologue to Act 1?

4. How do Heidi and Peter meet?

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

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

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

8. What does Lisa do to save face at her wedding reception?

9. Scoop Rosenbaum takes a sweeping view of Heidi's personality characteristics. Overall, what are Scoop's feelings towards Heidi? What does he admire?

10. What is the background of Lisa, Scoop's new wife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Was there ever a chance that Scoop and Heidi would become a couple? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Heidi decides to stay in New York after visiting Peter in the AIDS ward. Heidi has many relationships throughout the play in terms of both male and female friends. What are the "not so obvious" aspects of her relationship with Peter that would cause Heidi to leave a fiance in Europe, but stay in New York after Peter breaks down? What were Peter's reasons for wanting her to stay? Do you feel it was selfish of him to stand in her way? Do you think Heidi was being selfish as well?

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