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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. Why have Helen and Jo moved again?

2. What is Helen's age compared to Peter's age?

3. How much older is Helen than Peter?

4. What is the title of one of the movies Helen sees in the paper?

5. What sound do Jo and Helen hear from the river?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Geof ultimately leave Jo?

2. Does Jo think she loved her boyfriend?

3. Where is the bathroom in the new apartment?

4. Why is Jo's boyfriend concerned about meeting Helen?

5. What does Jo say to make Geof almost leave the apartment?

6. Why is Jo opposed to breastfeeding?

7. Why is Helen in ill health?

8. What gift has Geof bought for Jo, and why is she so upset by it?

9. What happens to Geof whenever Helen is around?

10. Where does Jo want to have the baby?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

In Act 1, Scene 2, Helen comments on film and theatre, complaining that they have become more and more alike and trite. Why is Helen's mantra about movies becoming more like theatre significant? Could this be Delaney's own opinion? Do some research on Shelagh Delaney. To your knowledge, what is one of the reasons she wrote A Taste of Honey?

Essay Topic 3

At least four other plays are mentioned in A TASTE OF HONEY: OTHELLO, DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS, ROMEO AND JULIET and OEDIPUS. Research two of the plays, and write a paper theorizing why Delaney chose those plays for her characters to mention.

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