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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rosa recite on stage?

2. What does Serafina start to arrange on the tray?

3. What does Serafina say a woman can be strong like?

4. What does Alvaro chop for Serafina's head?

5. What is the only thing now lighting the cottage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the play and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 2

Look at the generation gap between younger and the older characters. What different experiences did both generations go through? What problems is the generation gap causing the characters? Is generational gap expressed in THE ROSE TATTOO particularly wide during this time or is a wide generational gap common to all ages?

Essay Topic 3

THE ROSE TATTOO was made into a film starring Burt Lancaster. How did the filmmakers adapt Williams' ideas to film? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

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