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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 does Gorgeous encourage Sara to do as the two sister discuss Sara's surgery and subsequent events in Act 1, Scene 2?
2. Who are Tom and Tess arguing with at the opening of Act 1, Scene 3?
3. What have Geoffrey and Pfeni done in honor of Sara's birthday?
4. When Pfeni tells a story about their childhood in New York, what does Sara feel she is doing?
5. What is Tess's school project?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the relationship between Geoffrey and Pfeni.
2. What can be discerned about the sisters' father?
3. In Act 1, Scene 2, give an example that demonstrates what is revealed about Pfeni's self-image.
4. What does Act 1, Scene 2 reveal about Sara's attitudes toward marriage and how is this revealed?
5. What is the basis for the political arguments in Act 1, Scene 3?
6. What is the Concert of Europe?
7. What is indicated about Tess's political views in Act 1, Scene 1?
8. What is Sara's opinion of Geoffrey and Pfeni's relationship, and how is this revealed?
9. What do we learn about the time setting of this play in Act 1, Sceen 3, and what indicates that?
10. What might be inferred about the play or the people in it from the performance from The Scarlet Pimpernel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Middle age is an important element to the play. Pfeni and her sisters are all circling that particular juncture of life. Discuss the importance of the middle age years in relation to the characters. Specifically, discuss Merv's reference to his wife dying just as she was coming into her own. How might that idea (fear of death at middle age) impact the decisions and choices each sister is making?
Essay Topic 2
Sara is repeatedly described as "bitter" and "cold" and "hard." Discuss her emotional journey throughout the play. Offer specific examples of her hardness, then her gradual softening. What incidents cause some of the changes along her journey?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the character of Gorgeous. How is she deeper than she might appear at first glance? What truths does she see about her sisters?
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