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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happened to the man B had an affair with?
2. What does A remember most vividly about her son holding her hand in her premonition?
3. What does B tell A about their father?
4. How old will C be, according to B, when she meets her husband?
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
What is one of the major differences between A and Sis? Why did A feel superior to Sis because of her joy in sex? How did A lose her joy in sex? What effect did this have on A's character? How did it affect her relationship with Sis? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 2
Fear of death and making peace with that fear is an important theme in the play. What is C's attitude toward death? What about B's? How does A feel about death? How does her attitude differ from B's and C's? What changes have enabled A to come to terms with her fear of death? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 3
In the second act, it becomes clear that B and C are younger versions of A, and each of them tell their versions of the story. What happened to make A and B so impatient with C's perspective? Was there any defining event that marked the transition from C to B, and from B to A? If so, what was it? If not, what defines these women at each stage of their life? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
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