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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 Hickey feel now that he does not have pipe dreams?

2. What days does Joe recall?

3. Who is the man who arrived the night before?

4. From what does Hickey want to save the regulars?

5. What does he say they all will be when they see the truth behind what he is saying?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Harry?

2. How does the play begin?

3. How does the reader learn about those who had been involved in the Anarchist Movement?

4. Why is Rocky so upset?

5. What happens when Hickey calls the girls whores?

6. Who is Hickey?

7. Why does Hickey stop drinking?

8. What happens when Lewis and Wetjoen are awakened up by Willie's singing?

9. How do the regulars feel about Hickey?

10. What does Hickey encourage the down-and-outers to do? What is the result of his encouragement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This is a play to be performed.

Part 1) How might watching a performance compare to reading the play?

Part 2) Could aspects of the play be interpreted differently? Why or why not?

Part 3) How would a performance enhance the story for a viewer? Why?

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

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?

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