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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. For what does Willie wake up enough to beg?

2. Why does Harry go after Mosher?

3. Who wakes Hugo up from his drunken stupor?

4. On what did Jimmy report?

5. What do Mosher and McGloin say about Bessie's family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do some of the characters think about Hickey?

2. Why is Hickey at the bar?

3. Who is Hickey?

4. What are several of the characters' dreams for the future?

5. What is Hickey's response to Harry comment after the toast? How does this change Harry?

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

7. About what does Mosher reminisce?

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

9. Why is Parritt worried?

10. What has Chuck realized about his pipe dreams?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The play ends with the down-and-outers singing their favorite songs.

Part 1) What is the significance of this ending?

Part 2) Predict the future of the down-and-outers.

Part 3) How might Larry's future be different than the others' futures? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Larry and Parritt know one another prior to meeting in the bar.

Part 1) How do they know one another.

Part 2) How does Parritt find Larry? Why is he looking for Larry?

Part 3) What is their relationship like throughout the play?

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