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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 Don provide for the hotel guests?
2. Where are Mr. and Mrs. Cherry from?
3. Which country are the blond girls in Harry's act from?
4. Why is Dr. Waldersee distressed when he first enters the hotel?
5. What does Irene order when she goes to the bar in Act 2, Scene 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is interesting about the exchange between Irene and the captain towards the end of the play?
2. How do the Italian soldiers respond to Quillery in Act 2, Scene 2, and what does it represent? What is Harry's role in the altercation and what is surprising about the way Quillery chooses to respond to him?
3. What do Harry and Irene talk about after he returns to stay with her in the final act of the play, and what does it symbolize?
4. What is interesting about how Weber explains his role in the success of his business?
5. What causes Irene to tell Harry the truth and what does she finally reveal to him?
6. What was significant about Harry and the woman who reminds him of Irene's original meeting?
7. What was different about Irene when Harry first met her? What was similar about her?
8. What is the relevance of the hotel's location to the play's story?
9. What is Irene's reaction to Weber's explanation of his business, and why is it surprising?
10. What are Irene and Weber discussing at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2, and why is it significant?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Location is a key element in the play and the author uses it strategically in order to develop the characters and the plot.
1) Describe the location of the hotel and three examples of events or situations where it was important to the play's story.
2) In your opinion, which character was affected the most by the location of the hotel? Which character was affected the least? Use the play to provide examples to support your positions.
Essay Topic 2
In Act 3, Irene is betrayed by Weber.
1) What does Weber use against Irene to betray her? How did she unintentionally contribute to it throughout the play? What are the possible motivations for Weber's reprehensible actions?
2) Describe how Irene responds at first, and then how she eventually views the betrayal. What new part of her character does it illustrate and why is it important to the rest of the play's events?
Essay Topic 3
Idiot's Delight is set in the Hotel Monte Gabriele. Explain the significance of the guests and their backgrounds. How do they establish the main theme of the play?
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