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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 do Lewis and Joy talk about?

2. Warnie reminds Lewis of what?

3. During Lewis and Joy's conversation, the set changes to what location?

4. What news does Lewis have for Warnie?

5. Who does Lewis see that surprises him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Joy and Lewis talk about? What does Joy ask Lewis?

2. What does Riley tell Lewis about? How does Lewis feel about what Riley tells him?

3. What happens as Lewis goes to leave? What does this event signify?

4. How is Lewis handling the news? What does he say or do that reveal how he is feeling?

5. What does Lewis do to help ease the tension between him and Joy? What do they discuss?

6. What do Joy and Lewis talk about? What does Joy tell Lewis that she warns him about ahead of time?

7. What topic does the conversation turn to after Joy arrives? What does Riley do? How does Joy react?

8. What are the men talking about? How do their views differ?

9. Who is present at the beginning of the scene? What are they discussing? How does Lewis respond to them?

10. What does Lewis declare to Joy? What does he ask of Harrington? How do Harrington and Riley respond to this news?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the first scene of the play, Lewis describes what is meant by "Shadowlands." What definition does he give to this term? Why do you think the play is titled by this? What meaning does the play give us for what the Shadowlands are?

Essay Topic 2

Describe how the play makes use of foreshadowing. What events are foreshadowed in the play? How are these events foreshadowed? Why do you think the author used foreshadowing in the play?

Essay Topic 3

What significance does the wardrobe have in the play? Where does this reference come from? Who interacts with the wardrobe? Why?

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