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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 Kurt confess to?

2. What word does Fanny use in Act III of "Watch on the Rhine" that Kurt questions as an insult?

3. What relationship is Frederick to Mary Ellis?

4. Who is Miss Sincee?

5. Who is told that she can skip church in "The Autumn Garden"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Sara and her family arrive to the Farrelly house earlier than expected?

2. What news is revealed to Kurt in a phone call that Teck learns at the Embassy poker game?

3. Discuss Max from Kurt's perspective.

4. What is Constance doing and how is she dressed when Act II of "The Autumn Garden" begins?

5. What is Teck's proposal to Kurt and then to David and Fanny?

6. What activities are the characters engaging in as Act II of "Watch on the Rhine" opens?

7. How does the last act of "The Autumn Garden" open?

8. What action does Kurt take against Teck in Act III of "Watch on the Rhone" for the cause?

9. Where is the location of the Tuckerman home featured in "The Autumn Garden"?

10. How many children does Sara have, and what are their ages.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The need for power or control is an important theme dominant in these six plays. Choose two plays and compare and contrast the theme of power and control in the plays.

Essay Topic 2

Homosexuality is a theme in two of the plays. Identify which plays and compare how Hellman uses homosexuality in the plot.

Essay Topic 3

Compare the social issues present in "Six Plays by Lillian Hellman."

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