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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. What is George to be sure of before he goes to the place the 1st Man is sending him in Act I, Part 1?

2. What is the street where Mrs. Stevenson lives?

3. What does George plan to use to commit the murder?

4. In Act 1, Part 2, what did Sergeant Duffy order to eat?

5. What is Mrs. Stevenson's husband's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What time is George to go to the house and kill the woman and why at that time?

2. How is the Chief Operator described and what is she wearing?

3. Why is George to wait until 11:15 to kill the woman?

4. What information does the Chief Operator ask Mrs. Stevenson?

5. Under what conditions might the Chief Operator be able to trace a call?

6. What happens when the operator dials the number Mrs. Stevenson has been trying to reach in Act I, Part 1?

7. What instructions is George given for the actual murder?

8. What is Mrs. Stevenson doing as the curtain rises in Act I, Part 1?

9. What does Mrs. Stevenson say about the call she overheard and whether it is still continuing?

10. How does the operator get the attention of the Chief Operator?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Language used in a play might include dialects, slang, accents, colloquial language, or something else. How would you describe the type of language used in the play and how it contributes to the story and defines characters? In what way does the language affect the plot and flow of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Information about the various characters is revealed by Fletcher in a variety of ways. What are explicit and implicit techniques for describing characters? How does Fletcher present characters? How does the presentation of the characters affect what is known about them and their motives?

Essay Topic 3

There are internal and external conflicts in the play. What are the main conflicts in the play? Are most of the conflicts internal or external? How are conflicts developed? How are those conflicts resolved?

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