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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 are the consequences for Bert's accident?

2. Who arrives as Sallie departs?

3. What does Sallie want to become?

4. Who is Sam?

5. What do Cora and William try to explain to Bert?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do things become violent between Norwood and Bert?

2. How does this guest send the Colonel over the edge, regarding Bert?

3. What do Sallie and Norwod discuss? What does Norwood insist Sallie do? Why does Norwood become upset with Sallie, as well as Bert?

4. How does this scene open?

5. About what does this guest chide the Colonel? About what does he warn the Colonel?

6. What is Sam doing at the beginning of the scene?

7. How does the Colonel respond to Sam's question? What does Sam say about Bert? What stops the Colonel from fully processing what Sam has said to him?

8. How does Cora compare William to herself?

9. How does the second act begin?

10. Who does Bert pass as he leaves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cora seems calm after Norwood's death.

Part 1) Why is she so calm? Are you surprised by her reaction to his violent death?

Part 2) How has her character and personality been changed by this death? Will this be a permanent change? Explain.

Part 3) Compare and contrast her reaction to the reactions of others. Why do these similarities and differences exist?

Essay Topic 2

The characters walk a fine line regarding the parentage of Cora's children.

Part 1) How do they each walk a fine line? Why do they walk a fine line?

Part 2) Do others in the community do the same as well? Why or why not?

Part 3) What is the purpose for this denial? How does this denial affect the plot of the story?

Essay Topic 3

The two men in the center of the conflict in this play are gone.

Part 1) How do their deaths affect or will affect the other characters in this play? Explain.

Part 2) What is the author's purpose for their deaths?

Part 3) Compare and contrast the audience members' thoughts about these deaths in the 1930s and today. What accounts for the similarities and differences?

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