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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 is Alice smoking as she sits on the floor?

2. Who does Susan consider asking to father her child?

3. In what country does the play begin?

4. Who is the author of this play?

5. Susan takes a break from packing to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how this scene shows how much Susan needs excitement in her life and what she will do to get it.

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

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

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

5. Susan is with Lazar with whom she experienced the pinnacle of excitement in her life yet she is now eager to leave him too.

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

7. What comments does Alice make regarding England and Brock when she enters the room?

8. What is the symbolism of Lamar's reference to sound waves?

9. How does Act 1, Scene 5 begin?

10. What does Alice ask Susan as Susan packs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

PLENTY is set in the 1940s and 1940s during a time of World War II and its accompanying social, political and cultural recovery. What impact did these factors have on the author? What impact did these factors have on his work, especially the play, PLENTY? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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

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