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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 Rocky say threateningly to Hickey?

2. Hickey is a friend of whom?

3. What does Larry accuse Hickey of being?

4. Who refers to the bar as "The End of the Line Cafe"?

5. What does Larry call Parritt?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Harry react when Hickey refuses to go on the walk with him?

2. What has Chuck realized about his pipe dreams?

3. How does Rocky feel about being called a pimp?

4. How do the regulars feel about Hickey?

5. How does Hickey act after he mentions Jimmy's wife cheating on him? What does his behavior leave Larry to wonder?

6. How is the reunion between Rocky, Margie, and Pearl?

7. Who is Hickey?

8. What has happened to Wetjoen and Lewis?

9. Why does Hickey kill Evelyn?

10. Why is Rocky so upset?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Harry is afraid to go outside.

Part 1) Why?

Part 2) What happens when he goes outside?

Part 3) Will he ever leave again? Why or why not? Use the play to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

Chuck is a pimp, and Cora is a prostitute.

Part 1) What is their pipe dream?

Part 2) How do they make this pipe dream come true?

Part 3) Are they successful? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The play is called THE ICEMAN COMETH.

Part 1) Which characters is referred to as the iceman? Why?

Part 2) What does the iceman symbolize?

Part 3) When and how does the "iceman cometh" in the play?

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