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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 another one of Anna's suitors?

2. What does Mary do when the doorbell rings again?

3. What issue does the person put aside?

4. With whom is Anna?

5. What does Anna predict about Dave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Harry eventually do? Why?

2. How does Tom take Harry off guard?

3. What are Dave's thoughts about Harry? How does Anna respond to Harry's comments?

4. Why is Mary happy?

5. What was different one day, when she tried the same exercise?

6. Why are Tom and Anna arguing?

7. What does Tom say to Anna when Mary leaves to answer the door?

8. What happens when Dave arrives?

9. What interrupts Anna and Harry's conversation?

10. How does the play begin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anna and Mary have much in common.

Part 1) What do they have in common? Why do they have this in common?

Part 2) What is the author's purpose for these similarities?

Part 3) Will Anna end up like Mary? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

There is irony in Anna's life.

Part 1) What is ironic about her life?

Part 2) Does she see this irony? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does what Anna wants and what Anna does conflict?

Essay Topic 3

Anna is drawn to Dave.

Part 1) Describe Dave. To what is Anna drawn about him? How do you know this?

Part 2) Is he enough for her? Why or why not?

Part 3) Could she have been happy if she had married him? Why or why not?

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