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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 long has it been since Joe saw his wife and son?

2. Which of the following is the best description of what the opening setting could be mistake for?

3. What does Agnes do that causes Felicity to chastise her and launch into a bawdy song?

4. What does Maggie refuse to do when she arrives at the cottage?

5. What causes Joe to be vigorous and in good humor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changed Joe's opinion about Maggie and Steve visiting him?

2. What do Beverly and Mark agree about in regards to Brian?

3. Why weren't Joe's wife and son regular visitors while he was in the hospital?

4. Describe how the stage would look as the play opens.

5. How does Joe feel about his life as he sits reminiscing with his wife?

6. What does Brian think would help people and allow them to better off if they would admit?

7. What happens when Beverly finishes her dance performance?

8. What is Brian's profession and how does he feel his work has been affected by his condition?

9. How did Agnes's plan work in regards to her mother?

10. Why do you think the interviewer is only heard and never seen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the play the stages of grief are exposed to the audience. What are the stages of grief? Describe how the characters show these stages in different ways? Do you believe everyone goes through these same stages? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Do you believe the author's use of flashbacks and memories is helpful to the audience? Why or why not? Do you think this play would have been as important without the flashbacks and memories? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author demonstrate the theme of regret in the second act? How does this theme particularly affect Brian and Joe? Why do you believe it affects them more than Felicity?

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