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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. How late is the person Booth is waiting for at the beginning of Scene 5?

2. Who wins the card game with real money near the end of Scene 6?

3. What does Booth realize has happened to him at the end of Scene 5?

4. What does Booth announce to Lincoln at the beginning of Scene 6?

5. What does Lincoln set up in Scene 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lincoln's complaint regarding his work costume in Scene 4?

2. What does Lincoln say about his job as an impersonator when Booth questions him about it in Scene 6?

3. In Scene 4, how does Lincoln describe some of the people he has hustled money out of?

4. What do Lincoln and Booth discuss in regard to their parents leaving them in Scene 5?

5. What is the nature of Lincoln's playing with cards at the end of Scene 4?

6. What did Lincoln and Booth's parents tell each of them in regard to their inheritance?

7. What reasons do the brothers give for why their parents left in Scene 5?

8. Describe the end of the scene after Booth goes into a rage at the end of Scene 6.

9. What is the nature of Booth's dialogue just before he slams the door and leaves at the end of Scene 5?

10. Where has Lincoln come from when he enters the room at the beginning of Scene 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Booth's tendency to emasculate Lincoln in the play. What reasons does he have for doing this? What does this act say about his character?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the repercussions and significance of Lonny's death in the play. What might his death be representative of?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the nature of Lincoln and Booth's names. What might these names say in regard to their upbringing?

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