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

2. What happens with Heidi's romantic relationship in Europe?

3. What is the agenda of this lunch between Heidi and her friend in Act 2, Scene 3?

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

5. What is Heidi doing in the prologue to Act 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens during the show, "Hello New York" during Act 2, Scene 2?

2. What has been going on in Scoop and Lisa's lives since their wedding?

3. What has happened in Heidi's life while she's been in Europe?

4. What is Heidi's preference for an artist to do?

5. What is Heidi missing from other women?

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

7. What is Heidi's topic of her speech in 1986 to her high school alumni association?

8. What does Heidi do to cheer Peter up at the end of Act 2, Scene 5?

9. Why does Heidi's explanation of why she is leaving hurt Peter?

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

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Heidi is invited to speak to her high school alumni association at a luncheon. Heidi decides to provide intimate details of her own struggles with the feminist journey. What is the story she shares? Why does she choose to share her personal story? What does she hope to gain by sharing details? How do you think she feels when she is talking and reflecting on her point of view? If you were in the audience, what would your thoughts be?

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