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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 Lenny ask Ruth to do before she leaves?

2. What does Ruth say about when she first met Teddy?

3. What does Ruth say was very good in Part III?

4. What does Ruth say she sometimes used to do?

5. What does Sam tell Teddy about how he feels about Teddy in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lenny speak to Teddy about Teddy's work in Part IV?

2. What does Max tell Sam their father told Max just before he died?

3. What does Ruth tell Lenny she once worked as?

4. How does Ruth get the better of Lenny in Part III?

5. In Part III, what does Max invite his sons to do with him?

6. What does Ruth tell Teddy's family about when they first met?

7. What does Joey do with Ruth in Part IV?

8. What does Max call Ruth when he first meets her?

9. Who does Max feel he has supported for a long time?

10. How does Teddy react to his brothers' sexual actions towards his wife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How does Pinter use the initial conversation in Act I - the opening scene of the play - between Max and Lenny to set the reader's expectations for the dynamic between these two characters for the remainder of the play? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining the inconsistencies in the way Max speaks about his late wife, Jessie, exploring what you think Pinter's intention is in these contradictions.

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