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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 try to do at the end of Act 2, Scene 2?

2. What is Heidi's lunch partner constantly doing during lunch in Act 2, Scene 3?

3. What event is taking place in Act 2, Scene 1, that brings the friends back together?

4. What kind of talk does Heidi deliver instead in Act 2, Scene 4?

5. What are Heidi's feelings toward other women in Act 2, Scene 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Heidi so critical of in the painting she is discussing in the Prologue to Act 2?

2. What views of feminism does Heidi end up sharing in her speech?

3. What has happened to Susan's feminist point of view?

4. Heidi, Scoop and Peter are invited to Susan's morning news show two years later. What is the topic of discussion?

5. What is happening during Heidi and Susan's lunch in 1984?

6. What is Heidi's reaction to the "Hello New York" show while taping during Act 2, Scene 2? What does Heidi do?

7. How are the two paintings that Heidi is discussing with her art history class in the Prologue to Act 2 similar?

8. In terms of relationships, what are differences between Lisa and Heidi?

9. What is Heidi's reaction to the show / topic?

10. What is currently going on with Scoop, Peter and Heidi during Act 2, Scene 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Peter tells Heidi that he is gay. What does Heidi struggle with when Peter tells he that he is gay? Do you, as the reader, think that Heidi might have suspected? What clues, if any, are provided in the play up to that point that might have given away Peter's sexual orientation? In this scene, with this news, does Heidi exhibit stereotypical female behavior? If so, what behavior(s)?

Essay Topic 2

What is the importance of music throughout the play? Is it music itself that is important or the particular song that is playing?

Essay Topic 3

During the women's discussion group that Heidi attends with Susan, describe two of the characters and what they hope to achieve by attending the discussion group. Why do you think they are mentioned in the play? What do their characters suggest about the women's movement? Do you think each will continue with their points of view, based upon what you know from the play, or give it all up?

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