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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. According to Cokes, what makes the "gooks" yellow?
2. How many bunks are on the stage at the opening of Act 1?
3. At the end of Act 1, what does Richie do to Carlyle to get Billy to yell at him?
4. What do Roger and Billy bring Carlyle while he is laying on the floor?
5. What problem does Carlyle have with all of the officers in the Army?
Short Essay Questions
1. As Billy, Roger and Richie are discussing going out, Richie calls going to a whorehouse "disgusting." Billy's replies to Richie with "look who's talking." What do both men mean?
2. Why is Roger so willing to accept Carlyle and his behavior?
3. Why does Carlyle hate the Army?
4. Why is the fact that Roger smokes contradictory to his other behaviors?
5. At the end of the play, Cokes puts a lot of things into perspective for Roger and Richie. What does Cokes tell them?
6. Why does Richie become stunned at Billy's comment: "that you go down; that you go up and down like a Yo-yo and you go blowin' all the trees like the wind?"
7. What is ironic about Rooney being a demolitions expert?
8. Why does Billy believe himself to be a busybody?
9. What does Roger mean by the statement he makes regarding white men and Coppertone?
10. What does Roger tell Billy he "better learn"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does "ownership" in the military mean to the men (Billy, Roger, Richie, and Carlyle)? What do they own? Does someone "own" them? Why is ownership so important to each character? (Address each character and ownership individually.)
Essay Topic 2
Choose a pairing from the following list. Discuss the friendship in depth. Be sure to address the following questions in the essay: What is the friendship based upon? What are the strengths in the friendship? What are the weakness of the friendship? Is the friendship "typical"? Why/ why not? Be sure to use textual evidence to support the answers.
-Billy and Roger
-Roger and Carlyle
-Billy and Richie (if you see a friendship)
-Cokes and Rooney
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the relationship between Cokes and Rooney. Why do you believe they have the relationship that they do? What fuels their friendship? Would their friendship be the same if they had not served together?
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