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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 actors doing in lieu of having real props?

2. What time of day does this play begin?

3. Who talks with George after his parents go to bed?

4. Who tells Mr. Webb what George wants to be when he grown up?

5. At the beginning of the play what does Mrs. Webb do when she first comes out of her house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does George tell his mother he is most afraid of just before he marries Emily?

2. Where does George go the minute he wakes up in Act 2?

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

4. What question does Emily ask her mother as they tend to the beans together?

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

6. What is George's greatest talent?

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

8. What day in her life does Emily decide to go back to?

9. What does Dr. Gibbs say about locking the door to his house?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Shame and propriety are common themes throughout this play. What are some of the instances where these themes are present, and why are they so important to the characters involved?

Essay Topic 2

Which character did you relate with the most in this play? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the play?

Essay Topic 3

How do Dr. Gibbs and Mr. Webb change through the course of the play, and what causes these changes?

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