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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. Where does this play take place?

2. What issue does the person put aside?

3. What does Anna do when this person invites her along?

4. Who enters Anna's room?

5. What does Anna refuse to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Anna when Dave leaves?

2. What does Tom do at this point in the story?

3. Of what is Harry tired? Why?

4. Describe the beginning of the vision Anna had.

5. How does the scene end?

6. What does Dave admit he will do? Of what does he accuse Anna?

7. What does Dave say about a therapist?

8. Who provides Anna a sense of future?

9. Who arrives after Mary into the scene?

10. What was Dave's role as a child, among his friends?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anna and Dave play as children.

Part 1) Why do they do this? Have they done this before? How do you know this?

Part 2) What does this exercise reveal about these two characters?

Part 3) What is the significance of this exercise?

Essay Topic 2

Anna's husband has died.

Part 1) How might he have died? Why?

Part 2) How has his death affected her? Has she been able to move on? Why or why not?

Part 3) Will she eventually marry again? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

A man stands on the street corner near Anna's flat.

Part 1) What does Anna believe this man is doing? Why might she believe this?

Part 2) Why does Anna draw Tom's attention to this man?

Part 3) Why would this man do this? How is this man important to the story?

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