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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. How many people speak during a monologue?

2. What does Mrs. Antrobus quote while Henry quotes the multiplication tables?

3. What role does Sabina play in the Antrobus household?

4. Henry's old name that two of his teachers called him, is what?

5. What are the occupations of the old women who are refugees?

Short Essay Questions

1. Mr. Antrobus acknowledges that every good thing in the world is what?

2. Describe the refugee named Homer.

3. When Mrs. Antrobus and Gladys greet Henry in Act 3, what do they say?

4. What does the promise between Mr. Antrbous and Mrs. Antrobus do?

5. When Gladys and Mrs. Antrobus emerge from the trap door, what does Mrs. Antrobus comment on as being different?

6. What do the refugees talk about before Mrs. Antrobus begins talking about her children?

7. Why does Gladys hold her baby to the sky?

8. What do the lines of the philosophers, played by the stand-ins, concern?

9. What does Sabina say when she steps out of character for the first time?

10. Describe the set in the beginning of Act 3.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using specific evidence from the play, answer the following question: Why is the war never named?

Essay Topic 2

How does the play show that humanity is not blinded to the possibilities for monstrous human behavior? Cite examples from the play in support of your answer.

Essay Topic 3

How does the play, or parts of the play, represent the motif of destruction and then starting over? Cite examples to support your answer.

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