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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. Where did Danny spot Deborah?

2. What is the one thing Deborah really wants Danny to talk to her about?

3. What report are Bernie and Danny trying to do?

4. How old is Deborah?

5. How long does Danny claim they have been fighting?

Short Essay Questions

1. While Bernie and Danny are shopping for Bernie's nephew, what secret does Bernie reveal about his childhood?

2. What is Joan's reaction to Deborah's new relationship?

3. During Danny and Deborah's all-night argument, what is the essential problem?

4. What does Bernie say about Deborah's profession, upon meeting her for the first time?

5. What sex advice does Bernie give Danny after meeting Deborah?

6. After Bernie realizes Danny is serious about Deborah, what warning does he give?

7. How do Bernie and Danny feel about the women on the beach?

8. How does Danny attempt to pick up Deborah in the library?

9. What two things does Bernie suggest to Danny about attracting women?

10. What is Joan's reaction when Deborah informs her she is moving in with Danny?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine both Sexual Perversity in Chicago and The Duck Variations according to the tradition structure of dramatic literature. In each play, what is the:

1) Exposition?

2) Rising action?

3) Climax?

4) Falling action?

5) Conclusion?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the everlasting struggle between the Blue Heron and the Duck. What is symbiosis? Why are the Blue Heron and the Duck enemies? What has nature provided each of them to survive? How does their struggle epitomize the Law of Life? Why do George and Emil so identify with this? How could this struggle possibly applied to their lives? Use examples from the play to explain your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Emil and George are older men watching the world they knew change around them. How do they use the duck as a metaphor throughout the play? What aspects of the world do they imagine the duck to represent? Why do you think the playwright chose a duck for his play and not another type of bird? What answers do Emil and George think nature holds for them?

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