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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 will stay at the Rodman house, allegedly for protecting the Rodman family?

2. Who is Sol Fowler?

3. Where does Martha talk of sending her aunt?

4. What does Regina send back at breakfast time?

5. What is it that Cora wants in Act II of "Days to Come"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lucy observed downtown in the morning in "Days to Come"?

2. What does the staging information for the beginning of Act III in "Days to Come" reveal?

3. What is the importance of the keyhole in Mary's story?

4. How does Mrs. Tilford find out that she was wrong to accuse Karen and Martha?

5. What is Horace and Regina's relationship like?

6. Describe the Wright-Dobie School for Girls.

7. Describe Firth in the third act of "Days to Come."

8. Why did Oscar marry Birdie? Did he ever love her?

9. Why is Whalen trying to keep the laborers from fighting with the strike breakers?

10. What happens with the students at the school in Act II of "The Children's Hour"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "The Little Foxes," thirty-five years have passed since the Civil War, yet it still effects the characters in this play. Analyze the reasons why.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the characterization of women that author Hellman uses in each of the six plays. How does the vividness of the lead female characters compare to that of the male characters?

Essay Topic 3

"Watch on the Rhine" is the most political of Hellman's plays and reveals her anti-Fascist beliefs. Discuss what Hellman is suggesting about Americans in relation to Fascism and the events that are evolving in Europe at the time.

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