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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the audience hear Sam doing?

2. How are both Norwood and Bert alike?

3. Where does Cora say she will see Bert when he leaves?

4. How does Bert react to her suggestion?

5. How does Norwood feel he has treated his "darkies?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This play has a sociopolitical theme.

Part 1) What clues or characteristics make this apparent?

Part 2) What is the significance of this theme?

Part 3) How is the play and theme relevant today? Would any aspects of this play need to be changed to be more engaging for a modern audience? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Sallie secretly is training to be a school teacher.

Part 1) Why is this a secret? Why does the Colonel send her to school in the first place?

Part 2) How does the Colonel's sending Sallie to school reflect his attitude towards his mulatto children?

Part 3) Why might Sallie want to be a school teacher? How would Norwood react if he was to find out? Why?

Essay Topic 3

There is conflict between Norwood and his black "family."

Part 1) Why is there conflict?

Part 2) Would this conflict have been typical at this time and location in America? Why or why not?

Part 3) Why can Norwood not end this conflict? What is stopping him from ending it?

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