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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. What does Susan do as Mick rants and refuses to leave the apartment?

2. What does Susan give to Lazar?

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

4. What does Alice offer Susan?

5. Susan tells Mick about advertising ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the significance of Mick's reference to a "mackerel" sky.

2. Why is Susan's exaggerated mention of the Suez Canal incident so significant?

3. How does Lazar make his entrance in the play?

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

5. What is the setting for Act 1, Scene 4?

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

7. How does the author use the embalming symbolism to relate it to Susan?

8. Explain how the author uses the concept of plenty as Susan both rejects it and searches for it.

9. What is the setting for Act 2, Scene 10?

10. What does Susan share with Lazar about her life as it is now?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Create a brief character study of Alice. 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?

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