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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beverly warn Mark not to do to Brian?

2. What does Beverly say that Mark's life is based on?

3. Why does the interviewer believe Felicity will not allow herself to die?

4. What does the interviewer change the subject to?

5. How does Mark feel about the thought of Brian leaving?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way does the interviewer help give the perception that death should be viewed as a scientific process? Do you agree with that view? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Why do you think Agnes is more open to the idea of her mother's death than say Beverly is to Brian's? Which character remains in denial throughout most of the play? What changes her view?

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