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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. How does Sara deflect conversation about social conditions?

2. What does Sara say men usually feel about her?

3. When Merv invites himself to dinner, what does Sara suggest?

4. Why does Pfeni carry her belongings in shopping bags?

5. What is happening globally on the night of Sara's party in Act 1, Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sara act toward Merv in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. What are Sara's relationships like as seen in Act 1, Scene 1?

3. How does Sara feel about Tess's school project?

4. What is learned about the unseen mother of the three sisters in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. Describe the relationship between Geoffrey and Pfeni.

6. What do we learn about the time setting of this play in Act 1, Sceen 3, and what indicates that?

7. How could the character of Gorgeous be described?

8. How does Merv appear to feel about his Jewishness?

9. What can be discerned about the sisters' father?

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

For many people, birthdays are a time of reflection of their past, their present, and their future. The character of Sara experiences a birthday in the play. Discuss how she is at a major crossroads. Examine her past, her present, and her future at this crossroad.

Essay Topic 2

What is each sister's relationship to the past? Do they embrace it, reject it? Does that change during the course of the play? Examine each sister in turn and her relationship to her own past.

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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