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

Short Answer Questions

1. What landmark does George compare Honey to when she talks about getting sick?

2. What would Martha's father not allow George to do recently?

3. What habit does George accuse Martha of in this scene?

4. Which country does George warn against when he returns to the room?

5. Why does Nick throw George to theground?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several of the characters have nervous habits: Martha chews ice, Honey peels labels, etc. Write an essay on the significance of these nervous tick to the action of the play. What do they say about the character and about the themes of the work?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following to write an essay:

1) Discuss the motif of neglectful, imperfect and absent parents in the play. How do you think the reemergence of this in characters' lives impacts the the action.

2) Discuss the idea of children as healing, and the desperation for love among the characters born from this idea. Use Honey and Martha's characters as subjects for this essay.

Essay Topic 3

Three times in the play, Honey is reduced to tears or gets sick. Write a paragraph about each of these breakdowns - one in each act - and how, together, they signify the yielding of social grace and denial to the reality of a desperate, helpless life.

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