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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 does Warren disagree with Dennis about what his father will do regarding the money?
2. Whom does Warren model his clothing and behavior after?
3. How does Warren respond to Dennis's suggestion that they return some of the money to his father?
4. What does Dennis yell at Warren to get from a table?
5. What does Warren tell Dennis he wants to do with the item he shows Dennis when he first arrives?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Dennis respond to Warren's request to stay at his apartment?
2. How are Dennis and Warren's ages significant?
3. What happens to Valerie's clay sculpture, and how is it significant?
4. What does Dennis mean when he says that instead of letting people freak him out, he freaks them out?
5. Why does Warren continue to throw the football after Dennis tells him to put it down?
6. What is Dennis's response to Warren's interest in Jessica, and why is it significant?
7. What is Warren's history with women, according to Dennis?
8. What does Dennis mean when he says he is a "one-man youth culture" and why is it significant?
9. Describe Dennis's apartment and how the setting is relevant to his character.
10. What is the nature of Dennis and Warren's friendship?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Grief plays a major role in the characters' lives. Choose two characters, and identify what they have lost and how they are mourning.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the role of masculinity in the play.
1) How do Dennis and Warren engage in dominant notions of masculine behavior?
2) What are the consequences of masculinity in the play?
Essay Topic 3
Socoal class plays a critical role in Dennis's and Warren's lives and livelihood. What are their class backgrounds? How does their class influence their current behavior? Is their class a burden or gift or both?
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