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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. Which of the following does Lincoln not mention he still has in regard to cards in Scene 4?

2. What does Lincoln show Booth to do in Scene 5?

3. What does Lincoln's boss require him to do every day that no one else must do?

4. What can Lincoln not take his eyes off at the end of Scene 4?

5. Finish the sentence: "throw thuh cards light, like uh _______".

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Lincoln and Booth's first three-card monte game in Scene 6.

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

5. What does Booth announce to Lincoln in regard to Grace in Scene 6?

6. What does Lincoln tell Booth regarding finding work in Scene 6?

7. Describe Booth's reaction when he notices some of his girlie magazines are visible at the beginning of Scene 5.

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

9. What does Lincoln begin reminiscing about in Scene 4?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the nature of Lincoln's job as an impersonator in the play. What significance does this position hold in terms of the theme of the play?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the role of control in the play. Which characters exhibited control and how did they gain this power? What did control represent to the play's characters?

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