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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 does the nighttime visitor want?

2. How does Melissa predict the women would react to their moving to a hotel?

3. What does J.S. say pretending to have to live in such conditions would be?

4. What was the name of Azra's dog?

5. What is Seada holding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Melissa reveal about her resume?

2. Why does Nuna come into the room in Scene 4?

3. How does J.S. answer Zlata's question, "What do you want with us?"

4. How does J.S. react to Seada in Scene 6?

5. How does Melissa see the first meeting as having gone?

6. Why doesn't Melissa eat the food J.S. offers her?

7. What is J.S.'s suitcase like?

8. What is the topic of the initial conversation between J.S. and Melissa in Scene 2?

9. What is the reason for J.S.'s upcoming trip?

10. On what is Melissa writing her first book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using at least three examples, explain how Ensler makes use of theatrical conventions in this drama.

Essay Topic 2

How does Ensler use the character of Zlata to embody the perennial "Us vs. Them" conflict?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the effect the trip to Bosnia has on Melissa vs. the effect it has on J.S. Please be specific.

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