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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 did Nat become injured?

2. What item of the thug's does Midge have in Act 2?

3. What is Midge's last name?

4. What is the name of the senior home that Clara presents to Nat?

5. What do Midge and Nat relate about their dreams?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Midge do after Nat was attacked? What is his explanation?

2. Who is Dartforth? How is he connected to Midge?

3. Why has Nat retired "his mouth" in Act 3?

4. How has Nat been "defeated" in Act 3?

5. Describe the character of the Cowboy. How is he dressed? How does he talk?

6. Why did Midge prevent Nat from visiting him in the hospital?

7. What is Midge's reaction to the mugging by Gilley? What does he think about Nat's treatment of the situation?

8. What does Midge say his weakness is with women? How does Nat compare?

9. What does the Cowboy do to Nat physically?

10. What are the code names of Midge and Nat? Why must Midge be there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the allegorical reference of Danforth? What societal concept or idea does this character represent? How? How does his interaction with the protagonists affect their fate?

Essay Topic 2

Describe who Clara was named after. What is the meaning of this story that Nat tells? How does it relate his character as well as hers?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the character Laurie. What does she represent to Midge and Nat? What does she represent to the play as a whole (allegorically, symbolically)?

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