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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. When Delmount arrives in the first act, what does Popeye explain to him?

2. Where does Elain's family live?

3. Where does Carnelle work?

4. What color is Carnelle's hair for the contest?

5. What is Popeye's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Elain bring Carnelle a Mardi Gras mask?

2. How is comic relief used in the play?

3. Who calls for Elain and why is she not happy to talk to him?

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

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

6. Why doesn't Delmount respond to Popeye's romantic advances?

7. How does Carnelle fail in the beauty pageant?

8. How have Delmount and Elain distanced themselves from their mother?

9. What are Mac Sam's motivations in the story?

10. How does the play's southern culture play a role in the pageant events? How does the culture contrast with the way the community acts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the effects of each character's childhood, based on what you know about them? How does their childhood still affect their adult life?

Essay Topic 2

What kind of reputation does each character have in the play? How do they seek to change this? Are they successful?

Essay Topic 3

Of what is the beauty pageant a symbol? What characters does it represent and why?

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