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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. How does everyone react when Hickey says he has stopped drinking?

2. What does Hickey know about everyone?

3. What does Larry call Parritt?

4. What days does Joe recall?

5. What does Cora say about Hickey?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Willie refuse Rocky's drink offer?

2. Why is Rocky so upset?

3. How does Parritt feel about the Movement?

4. What happens when Rocky and Chuck argue?

5. What jokes does Mosher tell?

6. How does the play begin?

7. What does Hickey do after he encourages the others to keep drinking?

8. After Larry toasts Hickey and hopes he finds some kind of peace, how does Parritt react?

9. How do the regulars feel about their lives and the idea of suicide?

10. What do Mosher and McGloin say about Harry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Parritt's mother is imprisoned.

Part 1) Why is she imprisoned?

Part 2) What role does her son have in her imprisonment?

Part 3) How does his role in her imprisonment affect him?

Essay Topic 2

Hugo is inebriated the entire play.

Part 1) What is his purpose in the play?

Part 2) How do the other characters interact with him?

Part 3) Describe him at the end of the play, as compared to the beginning.

Essay Topic 3

Larry is the only character to truly convert to Hickey's belief system.

Part 1) What is Hickey's belief system?

Part 2) How has Larry been converted?

Part 3) How does this conversion affect Larry?

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