View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Emily doing when she asks her mother her very important question?

2. What does Mrs. Webb chide Emily for when she first appears on stage?

3. What does Mr. Webb add to the advice he gives George as they talk in the Webb's kitchen?

4. Who does the stage manager introduce at the beginning of the second scene of the play?

5. What does Mr. Gibbs say is something only done in big cities?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the stage manager say the third and final act will focus on?

2. What is the first actual character that the stage manager plays?

3. Who does the stage manager say has appreciated life while actually being alive?

4. How did Stan Stimson die?

5. How did Emily's brother die?

6. How were Emily and George able to purchase their farm?

7. What does the stage manager ask Emily and George to do before they show their wedding day?

8. What is Mrs. Soames famous for?

9. What does Mrs. Webb tell Mrs. Gibbs to do when she hears of Mrs. Gibbs's $350?

10. What does a university professor tell the audience about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this play?

Essay Topic 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 547 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample