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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. Which of the following is true about the interviewer?

2. What does Brian believe that every person thinks, though it is not the reality?

3. Why does Felicity continue to lash out at the interviewer?

4. Why is Joe's interview halted?

5. What does the interviewer do to make Joe relax?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Agnes describe Felicity after her husband died?

2. What was Mark doing before Brian took him in?

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

4. Why did Brian's wife leave him?

5. Why does Mark want Beverly to leave the cottage?

6. What does Beverly think that Mark's life is based on?

7. What does the interviewer tell Joe to try and reassure him about his feelings?

8. What happens when Maggie and Steve arrive at Joe's cottage?

9. What is happening at Joe's cottage in the beginning of act 2?

10. What does Joe tell the interviewer about his wife Maggie and her understanding of his condition?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think the patients and their families each lived life to its fullest while they were alive? Why or why not? Do you think someone dying will always have regrets? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

How does the author use the interviewer to explore each character in a more in-depth way? What other technique could the author use to achieve the same result? Which do you believe would be more effective? Why?

Essay Topic 3

What does Maggie's entry into the cottage symbolize? How have her views changed throughout the play? In what way does she show herself as a selfless person?

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