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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 type of dresses does Cleo wear?

2. What does Willy Wax do for a living?

3. Stark smiles when he can't what?

4. In Act 1, Mr. Prince says he likes to act like a what?

5. Mr. Prince plans to be the richest man where?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the business sense of the character Stark.

2. Describe the character Mr. Wax. How does he treat women? Men?

3. What does Cleo reveal to Stark about her life?

4. What is Cleo's reaction to Mr. Prince's proposal?

5. Why does Stark's upcoming birthday confuse him?

6. What were Stark and Cleo doing just before Belle arrived?

7. What is Cleo's opinion of marriage and why?

8. What is Frenchy's philosophy of love?

9. In Act 2, Scene 2, what is Belle afraid of?

10. Whose words does Cleo mimic at the end of Act 1? What is Stark's response to this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cleo achieves a character transformation in Rocket to the Moon.

1) Who is Cleo when the story begins? What is she afraid of? How does she protect her image?

2) When does Cleo begin to change as a person? How does she grow as a person?

3) What helps Cleo develop and grow? How does her growth affect the others in the play?

Essay Topic 2

Cleo is a character that attracts many men in Rocket to the Moon. Citing examples from the text, identify what made Cleo so appealing to the men in Rocket to the Moon.

Essay Topic 3

Stark is forced to choose between two women in Rocket to the Moon, his wife and his mistress. Compare and contrast the two women and what they have to offer to Stark.

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