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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. How many times does Susan shoot her gun into the ceiling?

2. What purpose did a barrage balloon have during the war?

3. What is they product that Susan advertises?

4. What has Susan been doing all night?

5. What does Alice do for Susan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the scope of Susan and Mick's relationship?

2. What is the setting for Act 1, Scene 1 and who are the first two characters to appear?

3. What is the situation in which the author gets the meaning for the book's title, PLENTY?

4. Who is Charleson and what is Susan's purpose for meeting with him?

5. Why is this scene so significant for Susan?

6. What does Alice ask Susan as Susan packs?

7. How do the priest's comments about the brevity of life really describe Susan?

8. Name at least two examples of foreshadowing in this scene?

9. Explain how this scene finally explains the source of Susan's vast emptiness?

10. How does Mick agree to Susan's idea of getting pregnant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the play's title, PLENTY? Cite two examples that support why the author chose the title he did. Can you suggest a better title based on your perspective of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Susan. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her--if anything--at this point in her life?

Essay Topic 3

The role of women is a main topic addressed in this story. Explain the theme that extends through all the female characters. What is the presumed role of women in Britain during the 1940s and 1950s? Explain by giving examples.

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