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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. What does Steve do to express how much he missed Joe?

2. How does Brian describe fate?

3. Where is Joe hospitalized?

4. Which of the following is the best definition of what it means to be socially taboo?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between Mark and Beverly after he spills champagne on his jacket?

2. What happened to Felicity after she received news about Claire's death?

3. How does Felicity undermine her daughter Agnes?

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

5. What specifically about his illness has made Joe very angry?

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

7. What was Agnes's rationale for taking on the duty of writing the letters to her mother?

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

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

10. How does Brian react to the situation between Beverly and Mark?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Felicity's mental state affect her ability to handle her impending death? Do you think Felicity is better off or worse off than the other patients because of her mental status? Why do you feel this way?

Essay Topic 2

How effective do you believe the author is at tying together three individual stories which all have one unifying theme? Do you believe the play would have been more effective had he told only one story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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