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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives the longest speech in the whole play?

2. Why do the downtrodden need their fictions according to Luka?

3. What is the significance of the way that the Actor speaks of finding his hospital cure?

4. Who spent time praying at his bunk?

5. When the man in Luka's second story found out that he was lied to, what did he do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write about when Kostilyoff comes looking for his wife at the boarding house in the first act. Why does he come there looking for her? Do you believe that Pepel really didn't know Kostilyoff's intentions? What are the other characters' responses?

Essay Topic 2

Anna is dying at the hands of her husband in the first act. How does she really feel about her husband at this point? Discuss how she gave him her food. Also, include her conversation with Luka about her husband.

Essay Topic 3

Write about the conversation that is had about honor and conscience in the first act. Compare and contrast what each of the characters' stances on these two points are.

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