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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. At the beginning of this section, Flan describes a painting by what artist?

2. Which of the following is not a black celebrity that Geoffrey thinks could take part in his film festival?

3. According to Paul, Sidney Poitier lived for a time in a bus station across the street from what?

4. Which of the following fantasy stories is not among the one listed mockingly as "imaginative" in Paul's thesis?

5. What film option does Flan think may be a nice alternative for Paul's father's movie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ouisa's essential fear about the fate of Paul of the play?

2. Describe the accusations Doug hurls at his father?

3. What new information does the Detective have when he calls Ouisa and Flan?

4. How do Flan and Ouisa know Geoffrey?

5. What does Ouisa discover when she wakes Paul in this section?

6. What story do Larkin and Kitty tell in this section?

7. How does Paul explain the naked man to Flan and Ouisa?

8. Why is the dinner with Geoffrey so important to the Kittredges?

9. How does Paul succeed in taking Rick and Elizabeth's money?

10. Why does Geoffrey call at the end of this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Kandinsky in the Kittredge condo is the central symbolic image of the play. Write an essay about the significance of this image. What theme do its opposite sides symbolize? How does the opposing control and wildness of the painting manifest itself in the action onstage? How do you interpret Paul's cryptic final words?

Essay Topic 2

The very title of Guare's play indicates that it is concerned in large part with the interconnectedness of our world. Write an essay about the theme of interconnectedness. How does Paul's arrival into the Kittredges' lives draw attention to their place in society? How does this lead Ouisa to consider the six degrees? What connections create this meeting and what new connections does it create?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the play, several couples come into contact with Paul and are affected by the experience in profoundly different ways. Write an essay about these different relationships. How do they come into contact with Paul? What does he give them and what does he take away? How are they forced to reassess their ideas of self, love, family?

Part 1) Larkin and Kitty

Part 2) Elizabeth and Rick

Part 3) Ouisa and Flan

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