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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 does Lazar try to comfort Susan?

2. How does Lazar get the Frenchman to relinquish the package?

3. Susan tells Brock more about ___________________.

4. What is Alice doing at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 6?

5. What character is sleeping as the play begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author use the radio announcer as a contrast to Susan?

2. Explain how the author ends the play on a hopeful note for Susan.

3. What is the double meaning of Lazar's statement that he recognizes Susan from somewhere?

4. Why does Susan use her gun on Mick at the end of the scene?

5. How does Act 1, Scene 5 begin?

6. Why is it ironic that Susan makes derogatory comments about Darwin's outspokenness?

7. What is the scope of the conversation between Brock and Darwin regarding Susan's mental health?

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

9. Who is Mick and how does he enter the scene?

10. What is the significance of the word "plenty" as Susan mentions the party food?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the taboo of homosexuality in the 1940s and 1950s. Compare and contrast homosexuality during the 1940s and 1950s to homosexuality today. What major changes have occurred, both positive and negative?

Essay Topic 2

Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for the lives of Susan, Alice and Brock. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

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