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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 is Tucker's opinion on Jack?

2. Who does Jack say wants Grace?

3. Who does Tucker announce?

4. What does Tucker ask Herder if he can take at look at?

5. What does Charles say is worse than insanity?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jack's philosophy?

2. How does Jack scare the two women?

3. How does Jack prove the carelessness of the upper classes in Act 2, Scene 2?

4. How does Charles think they can get rid of Jack?

5. How does Claire flirt with Herder at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

6. How does Jack say he discovered he was God?

7. What reference does Jack make to Jack the Ripper in Act 2, Scene 4?

8. What does Tucker say he thinks about Jack and the family?

9. How does Jack respond when Herder accuses him of killing Claire?

10. Why does Herder think Jack married Marguerite?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the play's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

Essay Topic 2

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

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 3

Examine upper class life.

1) How do people in the British upper classes view life?

2) What influence have the British upper classes had on popular culture?

3) How does the author express both the negative and positive aspects of British upper class life?

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