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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 do Alison and Jimmy use to relate to each other?

2. What does Cliff assure Alison he will not do?

3. Where does Cliff put Alison's fingers?

4. What member of his family does Jimmy talk about?

5. Alison says Jimmy's eyes are full of _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Colonel describe Alison and himself?

2. How does Alison react to her father's apology?

3. How does Osborne use loud noises in the play?

4. What similarity does Act Three, Scene One have with the opening scene?

5. In what way is Jimmy's reaction to Cliff's leaving hypocritical?

6. How does Cliff flirt with Alison in the opening scene?

7. In what way do the characters have fun in Act Three, Scene Three?

8. How does Alison describe her relationship with Cliff?

9. How does Jimmy react to Alison's "Dear John" letter?

10. In what way is Cliff Jimmy's opposite?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Osborne use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the structure of the play.

1) How does Osbourne use character and dialogue to drive the narrative.

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the play's themes?

3) Away from the main character, examine the way Osborne uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

In 1959 Look Back in Anger was made into a film starring Richard Burton. In what way is the film different from the book? In what ways was the film as influential as the play?

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