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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 does Chance call the women sleeping in his bed?

2. What is the name of Heavenly's father?

3. What is the waiter's name?

4. What kind of novel does the Princess say she likes?

5. What church is ringing its bells?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Chance say Heavenly is important to him?

2. What did Chance achieve in his youth?

3. What does Act 2, Scene 1 say about Heavenly's relationship with her father?

4. What is Boss' plan to move Princess out of the hotel?

5. What does Chance ask Princess to say on the phone to Sally Potter?

6. Why does Princess' elation disappear?

7. Why is Aunt Nonnie angry at Boss Finley?

8. How did Chance bribe the train conductor to give him and Heavenly an empty carriage?

9. How does Heavenly disappoint Chance?

10. Why is Heavenly angry at her father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Pick two characters from the play and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Chance to Boss.

1. What is their relationship to each other?

2. How are their ideas different?

3. How do their differences in opinion prove to be destructive?

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