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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Colonel introduced to in this scene?

2. What do Jimmy and Cliff discuss?

3. Which character immediately leaves the apartment when he/she sees Allison?

4. What does the Colonel say both he and Alison are unwilling to do?

5. Who takes Alison's suitcase to the car?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two characters from the play and compare their differences in terms of class.

1) In what ways do they view life differently?

2) How are the changes in British society affecting their identity?

3) How do they view each others differences?

Essay Topic 2

Look Back In Anger is seen as the starting point for a movement coined by the press as the Angry Young Man.

1) In what way is Jimmy Porter the archetypal Angry Young Man?

2) Why is it so important to the play that Jimmy Porter is a working class character?

Essay Topic 3

Look Back in Anger is a famous play which has greatly influenced British theater. Choose a play written after Look Back in Anger that you think was influenced by the novel and discuss its similarities in terms of

a) plot

b) character

c) themes

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