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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. As the baby grew inside of Joan, she:

2. What is the consequence of Joan's birth experience?

3. By the end of Act 1, Part 3, which woman's story seems the least probable or realistic?

4. How does Griselda feel about her husband?

5. Why did Angie choose to wear the particular dress that she chooses at the end of Act 2, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might Churchill have written the character of Griselda as arriving late? What might it symbolize?

2. Does the close of Act 2, Scene 1 show Marlene interacting with Jeanine in a positive or negative light?

3. How do Marlene and Joyce struggle for power over the way each one remembers the past?

4. How does Angie's desperation to connect with her aunt manifest itself through lies in Act 3, Part 1?

5. What parallel can be drawn between Jeanine and Marlene?

6. How does Shona attempt to take control during her interview with Nell?

7. Explain the bullying going on in Act 2, Scene 2.

8. What might be a more symbolic reason Angie wants all the women to wear the perfume?

9. How is Mrs. Kidd's presence in Act 2, Scene 3, Part 2 a reminder of Marlene's determination to succeed?

10. What evidence from the play supports Marlene's eagerness to show her admiration for people who have tried to make something of themselves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What prominent metaphor is the feature of Dull Gret's story in Act 1, Part 3? Why does Marlene not participate in this part of the celebration?

Essay Topic 2

How do the women in Act 1 serve as manifestations of particular aspects of the life of Marlene? Select three characters in your essay.

Essay Topic 3

How is the way that Marlene has defined her power in the world different from or similar to the way that Nijo, Joan, Isabella, and Gret did? In terms of how their power was attained, which woman or women are truly the "Top Girls"?

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