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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. Who is the first character to speak in the second act?

2. What does Mrs. Gibbs serve for breakfast on the first morning of the second act?

3. What does Emily do when she sees her father on stage in the second scene?

4. Which of these does the stage manager NOT mention as having happened in the space between acts?

5. What does Mrs. Gibbs ask her husband to talk to George about at the beginning of the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What frustrates Emily about her parents when she returns to her life?

2. Who is with George when he first appears on stage?

3. What does Emily demand of George just before they are married?

4. Why does George run out of the church just before his wedding is to start?

5. What does the stage manager do at the beginning of Act 2?

6. What does Emily tell her father is keeping her awake late at night?

7. Why does George choose to not go to college?

8. What does Rebecca tell George her friend received in the mail?

9. What does Mr. Webb do when he sees Simon Stimson on his way home from work?

10. What is Mrs. Webb getting ready for at the beginning of Act 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Simon Stimson was a minor character whose presence makes a big difference in the plot. How does he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence--however brief--alters the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Simon had not been in the play at all?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the play. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the play, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the different phases of the relationship between Emily and George and how the relationship affects the course of the plot for the other characters around them.

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