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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who decides to keep Jack company while the two women are shown around the estate?

2. What does the backdrop of the scene change to as Claire approaches Jack?

3. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?

4. What do the characters hear in the silence that follows Jack's attack?

5. What color are the clothes Jack is wearing in Scene 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 3

THE RULING CLASS is a play. What are the differences between a play and a novel in terms of the following:

1. Language

2. Character

3. Structure

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