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

Short Answer Questions

1. What office in the student council did George hold?

2. Why does Emily think George is so conceited?

3. What does Emily beg her mother to do at the end of the play?

4. Who speaks the most during the wedding?

5. What does Mr. Webb ask George just before he marries Emily?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Gibbs are very similar in nature although very different in many other areas. What are some of these intrinsic differences and similarities, and what message(s) was Wilder was trying to send with these two characters?

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