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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. How tall does George claim the pandas were?

2. What does Emil think the old men of the Ancient Greeks were incapable of doing?

3. What concerns Emil about ducks' safety in the wild?

4. Despite differing opinions on many issues, what can George and Emil always agree on?

5. What, according to George, is the Law of Life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advantages do ducks have that Blue Herons do not?

2. Why do George and Emil support spending money on wildlife?

3. According to George, what does a duck wish for on his deathbed?

4. Why does Emil sometimes think the park is more trouble than it is worth?

5. What was George reading about the balance of nature?

6. Why does George talk about symbiosis?

7. What is George's account of the hunter who came across the ducks in the clearing?

8. Where do Emil and George go to converse, and why?

9. What does George think differentiates a pigeon from a duck?

10. What do George and Emil worry about for a duck in flight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

In Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Danny and Bernie's friendship changes throughout the play. What happens? How does it change and why? At the end of the play are they back where they once were, or are things irrevocably different? Who is the dominant person in the relationship and why? What do Danny and Bernie have in common? How and why are they different? What are their attitudes toward women? Be sure to examine Bernie's behavior after he realizes Danny is serious about Deborah. How does Bernie make is opinions about Deborah clear? Does he dislike Deborah specifically, or is he against serious relationships with women in general?

Essay Topic 3

During a fight with Deborah, Danny claims he does not mind physical violence but cannot abide emotional violence. What insight does this gives about Danny's character? Examine scene twenty-eight where the argument occurs. What is Deborah's complaint against Danny? What is Danny ultimately unable to bring to their relationship? How, again, does each character attempt to gain the power back in the relationship?

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