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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. About what is the audience disgruntled?

2. As they sip their tea, what does Helen Givings do?

3. How do the Wheelers drive home?

4. What does Frank decide to do, regarding Maureen?

5. What dooms the performance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Frank tell Maureen about himself?

2. On what does Ordway quiz Frank?

3. How does Frank's mood affect his productivity?

4. What does Helen do, while she and her husband sip their tea?

5. How does the decision to move to Paris affect the Wheelers?

6. How did April want to handle the situation she and Frank had been in early in their relationship?

7. How does April feel after the play? How does this affect her relationship with her husband?

8. To what does Frank look forward? Why?

9. How does Frank react to April's mood?

10. What is significant about this trip to New York City?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Frank and April decide against moving to France.

Part 1) Why do they decide not to move to France? Is this a good choice? Why or why not?

Part 2) How does this decision affect the neighbors and friends? Why are they affected this way?

Part 3) Are you surprised they did not move to France? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The relationship between April and Frank Wheeler is constantly changing throughout this story.

Part 1) How does their relationship appear at the beginning of the story?

Part 2) How does it change throughout the play? What causes these changes?

Part 3) Would you consider this a typical American marriage? Why or why not?

Part 4) Is this relationship supposed to reveal something about real life? If so, what? If not, what is its purpose?

Essay Topic 3

Both Frank and April become engaged in affairs.

Part 1) Describe these affairs.

Part 2) Why do they take place? What do these affairs reveal about both Frank and April?

Part 3) How do they treat those with which they are in an affair? Why do they treat them this way?

Part 4) How do these affairs affect their relationships?

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