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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 long has Midge held his current job?

2. Who is sitting on the bridge at the beginning of Act 2?

3. What happens when Midge tries to punch Nat?

4. What is Nat singing when he first enters in Act 2?

5. What is the hoodlum's name who takes old men's money?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nat say is "the truth" about who he is in Act 3?

2. Why does Laurie owe the Cowboy money?

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

4. How did Nat come to be hired as a secret agent? What is his code name?

5. Who is Clara's namesake? How did she come to be named this?

6. Who is Dr. Engels? What is the story behind this "character?"

7. How do Midge and Nat differ in their views of fantasy?

8. What is Nat's plan for "dealing with" Dartforth? How does he go about it?

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

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

What are some of the things that Nat and Midge commiserate on in the course of the play? How do these things bring them closer together? How do they override their differences?

Essay Topic 2

What is Clara's role in the plot of I'm Not Rappaport? How does she propel the action? Describe this character.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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