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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which Massachusetts college does Trent Conway attend?
2. What do Flan and Ouisa ask Tess not to tell her sister at Groton?
3. On what holiday do Larkin and Kitty witness Rick's suicide?
4. Near the end of the play, Ouisa that she has plenty of color in her life, but none of this?
5. Which family is the first that Paul asks Trent about in this section?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Paul's deceptions throughout the play are met with a combination of incredulity, rage, and sadness. Write an essay about the reaction characters have to Paul's crimes, in three parts:
Part 1) What does Dr. Fine think he is achieving in offering Paul the use of his brownstone? What emotions and social attitudes does the realization of Paul's betrayal evoke in Fine?
Part 2) Why does Flan react so vehemently against Paul and never waver thereafter? What does he think Paul's motivation is in lying to them?
Part 3) Why do the parents become obsessed with discovering the truth behind Paul's deception? Why do they go as far as publishing their story in the New York Times.
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
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?
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