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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters remains in denial the longest?

2. What does the interviewer tell Agnes Felicity is enduring?

3. How does Agnes respond to the interviewer after he proposes his ideas?

4. What does Mark do when Beverly follows Brian?

5. What does Agnes believe has kept Felicity alive for the past two years?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think Felicity's hostility toward the interviewer symbolizes? Why do you think she takes it out on her daughter? Do you think Agnes handles her mother well? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What is the theme that is explored at the end of the play? Do you agree that it is the most important theme of all of those explored throughout the play? Why or why not?

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