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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Delia ask Jean to do at the very end of Act 1?

2. Who is present at the opening of Act 2?

3. What time is it when Dan and Chad awaken Jean in the end of Act 1?

4. Who does Chad take by the neck, claiming you can kill someone, by twisting it "in the right place?"

5. Dan says that in 1500 a tribe ended up in Mississippi. What were they called?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Chinese proverb "When someone saves a man from drowning, he is responsible for him the rest of his life." What does this refer to in the play? What does it foreshadow?

Essay Topic 2

Define "aestheticism." How does this term relate to the characters in The Mound Builders? Which characters would you describe as governed by "aesthetic?" Which are not? Why?

Essay Topic 3

What does the building of the dam signify in The Mound Builders? How does water, rain, and flooding tie into the play both literally and metaphorically?

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