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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 is Sara's self-assessment on the morning after her night with Merv?

2. What does Sara do after Merv leaves in Act 2, Scene 1?

3. The morning after, during Act 2, Scene 1, what does Sara imply about her night with Merv?

4. What question does Merv pose about his wife's death during Act 1, Scene 4?

5. What do Tom and Tess say they have to do as they leave Act 1, Scene 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Sara's response to Merv's compliments in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. What is the significance of Merv calling Sara by the name Sadie?

3. Why might Sara refuse to sing for Merv?

4. Describe the mood as Act 1, Scene 4 opens.

5. What sort of emotions does Pfeni seem to exhibit about her work?

6. How is Sara closer to her true self after Act 2, Scene 2?

7. What does Merv reveal about his wife?

8. In Act 2, Scene 1, what is spoken about passion?

9. What is implied by Geoffrey in his scene with Pfeni when he talks of friends dying unfulfilled?

10. How does Gorgeous think her sisters feel about her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Passion--or lack of it--plays a part in the play. Choose two characters and discuss the passion in their life (or lack thereof). Remember that passion can be work or a cause or something other than a relationship. Discuss how (if at all) their passion changes during the course of the play.

Essay Topic 2

Two important play references occur within the play. Chekhov's Three Sisters is one; The Scarlet Pimpernel is the other. Choose one of these other plays and explore its meaning and parallelism to the play at hand.

Essay Topic 3

Each sister is either avoiding a truth in her life or hiding a truth in her life.

1) Discuss each sister in turn.

2) Choose one thing she is either hiding or running from.

3) Discuss the resolution or change that occurs during the course of the play.

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