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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. Who is Teddy married to?

2. What does Max's brother do for work?

3. Where is Sam's customer from in Part I?

4. What did an old lady once ask Teddy to move for her?

5. What does Lenny give Ruth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lenny tell Ruth he has been having trouble with?

2. How does Teddy describe his family to Ruth before she meets them?

3. What is Max's memory of his times with his friend Mac?

4. What is Sam particularly proud of?

5. How does Max speak about his late wife Jessie in Part I?

6. What does Lenny sarcastically say to Max in Part I?

7. What does Lenny particularly ridicule about Max in Part I?

8. How does Lenny treat Ruth when he first meets her?

9. How does Sam speak of Jessie?

10. What story does Lenny tell to Ruth in Part I that is jarring?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think Pinter is communicating to the reader through Max's breakdown at the very end of the play, and his anguish over the thought of being perceived as old? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does the family's - especially Max's - financial struggles as working-class Londoners seem to have affected their actions and attitudes towards others around them? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What is the difference, as Teddy explains it, between his opinions of his life in America and what he has left behind in England? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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