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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 have Jo and her boyfriend gone to be alone?

2. What does Helen reveal about Jo's father?

3. What is the barbaric cult the boy feels he is suddenly trapped in?

4. Where does Helen offer to send Jo?

5. How does Helen feel when she discovers Jo's ring?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jo lie to Geof about her boyfriend's origins?

2. Describe the dream Jo has about Helen.

3. Does Geof think Helen was telling the truth when she told Jo her father was mentally challenged?

4. Is Helen sensitive about being older than Peter?

5. How does Jo decide to wear the engagement ring?

6. Why is Helen in ill health?

7. Why did Helen sleep with the village idiot instead of her husband?

8. Where does Jo want to have the baby?

9. Where is the bathroom in the new apartment?

10. How does Jo feel about she and Helen's new apartment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Research Shelagh Delaney's life. When did she write A TASTE OF HONEY? How does the play stem from her personal life? What statement was she trying to make with the play?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the play's title. What are the implications of a taste of honey, as an action and a title for the play? Where are there instances in the text that demonstrate the idea? How do the characters exemplify the idea?

Essay Topic 3

Though Helen has abandoned Jo again at the end of the play, perhaps never to return, Jo is comforted by Geof's nursery rhyme. How can she remain calm, though in labor and completely alone? What has Jo learned about love in the play from Geof? From Helen? From Peter? Do you think Jo is ready for her biracial baby in 1950s England?

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