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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Serafina throw at Alvaro?

2. What does Serafina ask the priest to tell her?

3. Who is calling Serafina?

4. What kind of ring did Alvaro give his fiance?

5. What does Rosa tell Jack she is old enough to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's life. In what way are his life and personality is reflected in the book? Do the students think it is important to understand the author's life to understand the meaning of a work?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the play's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1950s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the play if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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