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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. Who does Joy tell Lewis that he should check with about his plans?

2. Joy and Douglas have moved where?

3. What are the guests surprised to learn?

4. Warnie enters the room in scene 3 carrying what?

5. Scene 3 mentions what at the back of the room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lewis' decision reveal about him and his feelings? How will this decision affect him and those around him?

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

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

4. What is revealed about Joy? How does she feel about this now?

5. What do Lewis and Joy make plans to do? What does Douglas do as they are getting ready to leave?

6. What does the doctor tell Lewis? What mood is Joy in at this time? What do Joy and Lewis discuss?

7. What does Warnie do after the ceremony is over? Why does he do this?

8. Where does Scene 2 open? Who is present in the scene? What are they doing?

9. What does Douglas ask Lewis about? What is Lewis' answer?

10. Where does the scene open? Who is present? What are the characters doing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lewis and Joy experience gossip targeted at them during the play. Who gossips about the couple? Why do you think people gossip about Joy and Lewis' relationship? What effect does the gossip have?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of friendship in the play. What characteristics of friendship are presented? What negative aspects of friendship are presented? Who do you think best portrays friendship in the play? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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