Six Degrees of Separation Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Six Degrees of Separation Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 what time does Paul say he has to meet his father?

2. At what time does Ouisa wake up the night after the dinner with Paul?

3. To what object does Ouisa compare Geoffrey's money in this section?

4. What did Paul's muggers take from him in addition to his wallet?

5. When Flan mentions that Geoffrey is from South Africa, Ouisa needles him for sounding how?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Paul's inspiration for his thesis?

2. During the opening moments of the play, what do Ouisa and Flan do onstage?

3. How does Ouisa lose Paul?

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

5. What is sent to the Kittredges in this section and how do they respond?

6. Why does Flan repeatedly try to silence his wife's narration throughout this section?

7. What does Sidney Poitier say to Ouisa in her dream?

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

9. What conclusion do the five duped parents reach regarding what they have in common?

10. What do the parents ask their children to do in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the reasons that everyone in the play takes to Paul so quickly is his contention that he is Sidney Poitier's son. Write an essay about the reaction the various marks have to the thought of Poitier. What does he represent to the Kittredges? Geoffrey? Dr. Fine? Why are they so put at-ease by the thought of him?

Essay Topic 2

Time and again in this narrative, the question of race in America crops up. Write an essay on the idea of race in the world of this play. Do the Kittredges seem to have any other black acquaintances besides Paul? What realities of black life in America does he bring into their lives? What darker realities about race arise from the polite liberal facade of the parents in the play?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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