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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 song is playing at the beginning of Act 2?

2. What is Midge's last name?

3. Where is the music coming from in Act 1?

4. How old is Midge?

5. What does Clara accuse Nat of upon seeing his condition?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Nat come to the park in Act 2, Scene 3?

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

3. How does Nat feel about his other children? How do they feel about him?

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

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

6. What is Clara's frustration with Nat?

7. How does Midge try to stop the Cowboy from hurting Nat?

8. Why does Nat have marijuana? How did he obtain it?

9. What does Dartforth come to understand after his conversation with Nat?

10. Why couldn't Laurie just leave town?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How do Nat's political beliefs inform his character? What does Socialism mean to Nat? What does it mean to Midge? Clara?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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