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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. Where did Heavenly phone Chance from the last time he came to the town?

2. What does Princess say her interest increases with?

3. Who does Chance ask the operator to put him through to?

4. What war did Chance fight in?

5. What is Chance's mother's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information about Princess does Chance record?

2. Why did Boss Finley arrange for someone to castrate a blackman?

3. What problems does Boss say Tom Jr. has caused him?

4. What does Chance say about time in the final scene?

5. Why does Chance say he wants to borrow Princess' car?

6. How does Princess react to Tom Jr's bullying tactics?

7. What did Chance achieve in his youth?

8. What did Chance find out about himself in New York?

9. What letters does George say he sent Chance?

10. How does Chance help Princess in the opening scene?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH is a play. What are the differences between a play and a film in terms of the following?

1. Language

2. Character

3. Structure

Essay Topic 3

In 1962, Paul Newman starred in a movie version of SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant so many years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

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