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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry do to the books on the stage?

2. Henry promises to go away where he can be what?

3. Where does Sabina want Mr. Antrobus to go with her, so he can relax?

4. Who takes Henry off the stage in Act 3, Part 2?

5. What is the name of the stagehand who insists that Sabina play the scene properly, even though she doesn't want to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What do Sabina's words about the actors having to do the play, "again and again," mean in the context of the themes, motifs and other actions in the play? Cite examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

What are the three types of irony and how does the play use them? Cite examples from the play in support of your answer.

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