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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 character tries to slit his wrists in a suicide attempt?
2. What does Carlyle pull out of his pocket after catching Roger in Richie's footlocker?
3. After Richie leaves to take a shower, what do Billy and Roger decide to do?
4. How did Martin and Richie come to be in the military?
5. What is Rooney's (L.B.J.) MOS?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of Billy shutting the door at the end of Act 2, Scene 1?
2. After the murders, Roger has not changed in regard to his obsession. What does Roger do after everyone but he and Richie have left?
3. Why is Billy so upset about grabbing a razor to cut Carlyle?
4. Why does Carlyle hate the Army?
5. What is wrong with the lieutenant's statement: "two perfectly trained and primed strong pieces of U.S. Army property cut to [expletive] up in here"?
6. Why does Carlyle speak in the third person when talking to Richie about his (Carlyle's) behavior the night he passed out on the bunk room floor?
7. What is a "streamer"?
8. Why does Billy believe himself to be a busybody?
9. Roger tells Carlyle, "we both tole you it ain't goin' on here." What does this mean?
10. Why did Roger continue to talk to Billy when they first met in P Company?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose a character from the following list. Write a character analysis including information including the answers to the following questions: Who are they as a person? What do they want in life? What are their strengths? What are their weaknesses?
-Billy
-Roger
-Carlyle
-Richie
-Rooney
-Cokes
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
At times, the only color in the play that seems to matter is "Army green." What makes the racial lines blur? Are there poignant racial stereotypes that surface? Be sure to include textual evidence.
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