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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 Serafina beg her daughter not to do?
2. What does Serafina say her husband had a body like?
3. Who does Serafina not want the women to behave improper in front of?
4. What is Serafina giving Rosa as her graduation present?
5. What needs to be repaired?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Rosa break open the piggy bank?
2. How does Serafina try to tidy her mother up?
3. Why does Serafina tell Rosa not to look at Strega?
4. What does the doctor tell Father de Leo about Serafina?
5. Why is Serafina frustrated at the beginning of this scene?
6. How does the audience immediately understand that the owner of the house is a dressmaker?
7. Why does Rosa say her mother is moaning?
8. What does Serafina make Jack do?
9. How did Serafina react to Rosa talking to Peppina?
10. How does Jack gain Serafina's respect?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Pick two characters from the play and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?
Essay Topic 2
Compare Serafina's character to the person she is at the beginning of the play to the person she is at the end.
1. What did Serafina hope to achieve at the beginning of the play?
2. What events changes Serafina's ideas about life?
3. How has Serafina's character changed by the end of the play?
Essay Topic 3
Examine the play's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas?
1. Character
2. Setting
3. Plot
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