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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 Karen's title at the beginning of the play?

2. What does Gould call himself due to his job?

3. What does Karen say about her job?

4. When is Fox's deadline to make a deal with Ross?

5. Gould claims movie making is a what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gould want to present Fox's film idea to Ross in person, with Fox?

2. Although Gould has pretended to champion "Radiation . . ." in an attempt to get Karen to bed, he is eventually forced to admit what?

3. How does Gould describe the movies he now has to produce?

4. Fox is hesitant to tell the story of the film he brought to Gould prior to presenting it to Ross. Why?

5. How does Karen excuse Gould's tendency to lie?

6. When Gould complains that everyone wants something from him, how does Karen reveal him as hypocritical?

7. How does Gould use his power to his advantage in Act Two?

8. In Act 3, Fox reveals his relationship with Gould to have been what?

9. What type of career advice does Fox offer to Karen, once Gould declines to produce "Radiation . . ."?

10. What are Fox's plans for the future, after the Prison film is produced?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Power is an important theme that drives Speed-the-plow. Write an essay on the following and how they relate to power in the text.

1) In Act 1, what is the power structure between the characters?

2) At what point in the play does the power structure shift?

3) Does the power structure ever return to what it was in Act 1? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Fear is mentioned several times within Speed-the-plow. Analyze the idea of fear based on its presence in the play.

Essay Topic 3

What role do women play in Speed-the-plow?

1) What is the significance of Karen, the only woman in the play?

2) How are women treated?

3) How are women discussed?

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