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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does A respond to what C says to her in Act 2, Part 4?
2. Who appears in Act 1, Part 2, as C is writing?
3. What is C and B's relationship to A, as it is revealed in Act 2, Part 1?
4. How does C respond to A's reasoning for her marriage?
5. What do A and C admit at the end of act 2, part 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A tells her son of a premonition she had about her death. What are the most important details in this premonition? What is the significance of A's hand being cold when the son takes it? Why does A repeat this fact over and over? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 2
A, B, and C are female characters in different stages of life, but they are also archetypes. What do they each represent? What qualities do they possess? Are the qualities each woman possesses common to all women in her stage of life? Why or why not? Do you think A, B, and C are accurate archetypes? Why or why not? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 3
C is offended by A's use of racist words throughout the play. B defends A, saying that the words don't mean anything, they are just the words that A learned to use. Does this excuse A's use of the words? Do you think that A's use of these words is malicious or, as B says, unconscious? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
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