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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best description of Tom?

2. Which is the best description of Harry?

3. Under what condition does Tom agree to stay?

4. What is the first character onstage in Act 2 doing?

5. Who tells Claire about the dinner guest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Given Claire's disdain for traditional womanly roles such as being a good wife, a loving mother, or a proper hostess, what values might she admire in a woman and aspire to for herself? How do these values uphold the general tone of the play in which Claire's unrest represents the struggles of women in the early days of the Women's Movement?

Essay Topic 2

Is Claire, a clear failure as a wife and mother, a suitable role model for women of the time period? Why does the playwright choose to make her protagonist act so coldly toward her family?

Essay Topic 3

Susan Glaspell would have been a contemporary of Claire's. For what possible reason or reasons did the playwright choose madness as the means for Claire to find freedom and peace?

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