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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 old is Nat?

2. What is Clara's profession?

3. Why does Nat say that six tenants called the landlord after he was rushed to the hospital for his bypass?

4. Which character wears thick bifocals in Act 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nat try to cover himself after the Cowboy realizes he's lying?

2. What does Midge have of the Cowboy's? What does he view it as?

3. How does Midge injure himself in Act 1? How does Nat react?

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

5. How does Clara know Dr. Engels isn't real? Why did she write to him anyway?

6. What does Nat tell the Cowboy he and Midge are?

7. What did Midge tell the staff at the hospital regarding Nat?

8. What does Nat accuse Clara of "selling out on?"

9. What does Nat tell the Cowboy Laurie is to him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the time and place of I'm Not Rappaport affect the story? Would it be different if it were set elsewhere? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters Midge and Nat. How are they similar? What differences do they have? How do their social, political, economic, and fantasy worlds relate?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the journey that Nat has gone through in the course of the play. How has Midge changed him? What elements of his personality are altered and why?

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