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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. For how many years has Cynthia worked on the factory floor before she applies for the management position?
2. In what year does Brucie say his father had picked his last bale of cotton?
3. What ethnicity is Oscar?
4. Where does Chris stay immediately after he gets out of prison?
5. For what position at Olstead's does Cynthia tell Brucie she is being considered?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is irony present in Jason's complaint when he says, "Fucking union got all our money tied up in benefits and shit, don't have nothing left for fun" (29)?
2. Why does Stan say that his work injury had been the best thing to ever happen to him?
3. How is the theme of abject desperation demonstrated through Stan's reporting of the newspaper story about town citizen Freddy Brunner?
4. How is the theme of being trapped contained within Stan's advice to Chris about his job at Olstead's and about college?
5. What is Nottage's purpose for including the character of Jessie within the narrative?
6. What does Chris mean when he says, "A man gotta have one vice that keeps him hungry" (30), and how is his choice of vice different from his father Brucie's?
7. How does invisibility play a role in Scenes 1 and 2 of Act One?
8. What event causes the first rift within Chris's and Jason's friendship in February of 2000?
9. What does Evan mean when he tells Chris that "the river keeps flowing" (9)?
10. In the earlier of the two eras depicted in the play, what are the differences between Chris's ambitions and Jason's ambitions?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is Lynn Nottage's message about the nature of the middle class in modern America?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Lynn Nottage's message about motherhood within her play Sweat.
Essay Topic 3
Lynn Nottage introduces many historical references in the play, from the bank bailouts of 2008 to the 2000 Olympics. What do these references add to the play? How do they expand the universality of its themes?
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