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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 is Delia's father's profession?
2. Why does August have to go to the airport in Act 1?
3. How does Dan say is the only way to feel completely safe on the sidewalks of New York?
4. What does August state on the recorder that he intends to do at the beginning of Act 1?
5. Who enters from upstairs in Act 1 Part 1 as the lights change to transition into the next scene?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who wrote the poem that Dan recites in Act 1? What significance is the poem to the play?
2. In the end of Act 2, Part 3, August repeats the word "nothing." What does this imply?
3. How did Jean's experience as a spelling bee champion lead to her current career path? Was this a direct or indirect route?
4. How does Jean feel about Chad's advances in Act 2? What does August say regarding Chad?
5. In the opening of the play, August speaks into a tape recorder. To whom is he speaking and why?
6. Who is suspiciously holding the flashlight in the blackout at the end of Act 1? Why?
7. What fact about Jean's character does Dan ask that August not reveal to the others early in the play? Why?
8. Where is Chad at the end of the play?
9. 'If you save a man from drowning, you're responsible for him the rest of his life.' Who quotes this proverb in the play? In regards to whom?
10. What is the primary motif used in the play? How does this motif symbolize the main character, and how does it relate to the theme?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the characteristics of the ancient civilization being discovered in The Mound Builders. How do these characteristics relate to the characteristics of the characters within the play?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the roles of women and men in The Mound Builders. What does Delia say regarding women versus men? How do the legacies of the women in the play differ from the legacies of the male characters? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the metaphor of the Chinese Puzzle Box as it relates to Delia's novel and to the play. How does it reflect the excavation? How does it reflect August? What is found in the last box?
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