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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 does Brian respond when he sees Beverly at the cottage?

2. What does Steve chide his mother about never being able to do?

3. What does the interviewer suggest that surprises Agnes?

4. Which of the following is true about the way Agnes treats Felicity?

5. What won't Maggie listen to that Joe tries to explain to her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Maggie feel about going into the cottage?

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

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

5. Why did Joe discourage his wife and son from spending the money and time to come visit him in the hospital?

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

7. What term does the interviewer used to explain the situation to Agnes?

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

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

10. What is Brian's perspective on Death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author include the clinical nature of death in American society in this play? Which characters express this idea? How do they express it?

Essay Topic 2

In what way does Brian seem to be more sophisticated and evolved than the other patients? Why do you think this might be the case?

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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