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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 does Delmount like the most in a romantic partner?

2. What caused Carnelle's aunt to die?

3. Which character retires to bed with a headache?

4. With whom does Delmount agree to split the income of his mother's house?

5. Who is Delmount's redemption foreshadowed to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is self-identity a theme in the play?

2. How does Carnelle's fortune reverse in the play's second scene?

3. Why does Elain decide to go back to her husband?

4. Describe the situation with Elain and her family.

5. What is an example of irony in the play?

6. What has stopped Carnelle from being a contestant in the pageant before?

7. Who is Mac Sam and why is he significant to the story?

8. How is comic relief used in the play?

9. What does Delmount think about his sister, Elain?

10. Describe how Carnelle is coming to terms with life's unpredictability.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which characters are seeking their self-identity? How do they seek to find it?

Essay Topic 2

What causes Elain to decide to go back to her husband, Franklin?

Essay Topic 3

How does Beth Henley use Southern dialect and culture in the play? What effect does it have on the reader/audience?

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