View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is not present in Act 1, Part 1?

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

3. Because of her skills, Jeanine:

4. How does Angie feel about her aunt?

5. Which character sometimes dressed as a man?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Angie's presence in Act 2, Scene 3, Part 2 Churchill's reminder of Marlene's determination to succeed?

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

3. What genre might be used to describe the play during Act 1? Explain why.

4. What might the future hold for Marlene, and what clues in the story support your answer?

5. Why does Marlene harp so much on the fact that she left her unpleasant past life behind?

6. How is Win's position at Top Girls a positive expression of her power?

7. How does Louise's character parallel Joan's character?

8. Why might Joan have taken a lover when she was Pope?

9. How might Marlene have reacted if she had a husband like Walter?

10. Why might Griselda have defended her husband's actions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Based on what you read, what is Churchill's opinion on the various roles of women in society and how these roles affect their relationships? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

How is Griselda's character a contrast to the other women in Act 1? What is Griselda's purpose is for being in the play?

Essay Topic 3

In thinking about Act 2, what evidence is there of the women act as bullies towards each other? Consider different groups of women in your analysis.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,219 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample