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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. What is the faculty sport, according to George?

2. About what does Martha now want to talk?

3. What liquor did George's school friend mispronounce?

4. What does George tell Martha he wants her to stop doing?

5. What reason does Nick give for marrying Honey at the beginning of Act 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Honey.

2. Describe the movie that Martha references at the beginning of the play.

3. Describe Nick.

4. How does George respond when Nick says "up yours" to him?

5. What arrangement do Martha and George come to at the end of their argument and how does the arrangement seem to suit them?

6. Describe university politics as explained by George.

7. What causes Honey to throw up at the end of this scene?

8. What is George's reasoning that his son hates Martha?

9. How does Honey make reference to her hysterical pregnancy when she returns after being sick?

10. What is Nick's plan to gain control of the university?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about George's unpublished book. How has George taken a real event from his life, fictionalized it, and then recreated it in has life as a separate event? What does this say about him as a character?

Essay Topic 2

The past is an ambiguous thing in Albee's play. It is never entirely concrete and often changes depending on the speaker. Write a paragraph about each of the following stories told by a character about the past. How does the story change with each telling? Is the story true in any way?

Part 1) The story of Nick and Honey's courtship

Part 2) The story of George's tragic schoolfriend

Part 3) The story of George and Martha's son's childhood

Essay Topic 3

What is the meaning of the song "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Use specific instances in the play when it is used by characters, and examine why they sing it. Use these instances to justify your thesis as to the song's meaning.

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