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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 kind of skirt does the Earl put on when Tucker leaves?

2. What does Herder call Grace?

3. What does Claire congratulate Herder in getting?

4. Who does Charles say agrees with his idea?

5. Who does Tucker announce?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jack try to prove to Dinsdale he is God?

2. What is Herder's opinion on Jack and Grace's wedding?

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

4. How does Barnes introduce Jack into the play?

5. How does Jack scare the two women?

6. How does Tucker respond to his arrest?

7. How does Jack charm his two visitors in Act 2, Scene 5?

8. What does Grace tell Jack about her past?

9. Why does McKyle say he is the High Voltage Messiah?

10. How does Tucker respond to Claire's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Jack's character to the person he was at the beginning of the play to the person he is at the end.

1) What did Jack hope to achieve aboard the ship?

2) What events changes Jack ideas about life?

3) How has Jack's character changed by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

What problems do Jack's generation face? How are the problems for Jack's generation different to the problems his father's generation face? Identify and discuss a significant problem facing your generation.

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