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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 does Ginny do that Yaz views as a sign of healthy progress?

2. What make of car does Fountainhead drive?

3. What type of flowers does Elliot refuse to have in Ginny's funeral wreath?

4. From what California city does ChutesAndLadders hail?

5. At what college does Yazmin teach?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the subject of Yazmin's lecture to her music theory class?

2. What do the stage directions say the actors should be doing while chatting online with one another?

3. What are Clay/ChutesandLadders's and Madeleine/Orangutan's reactions to John/Fountainhead's first post on the Addiction Support forum?

4. What label does Clay/ChutesandLadders insist that John/Fountainhead apply to himself and why does he insist on this admission?

5. Discuss the Ghost's role as a theatrical externalization within the play.

6. What is ironic about Yazmin's purported hatred of public speaking?

7. In return for agreeing to deliver Ginny's eulogy, what does Yazmin ask Elliot to do for her?

8. How does Odessa/Haikumom handle her job as site administrator and what are her duties?

9. What does Elliot consider inappropriate about the method his father uses to let him know that his adoptive mother Ginny has been placed on life support?

10. Explain the significance of Odessa/Haikumom's haiku that she posts on the Addiction Support forum in Scene Two.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the play's message regarding the nature of technology? Write a strong claim that states the play's message about technology and support your claim with concrete details from the play.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the play's treatment of class and privilege. Consider the socioeconomic status of a variety of different characters and analyze the playwright's ultimate message regarding class and privilege. Use quotes from the play to support your points.

Essay Topic 3

Trace the character arc of Clay/ChutesandLadders from the beginning of the play's narrative to the end. Is he a dynamic character or a static one and what message is the playwright sending through his character arc within the play? Support your points with concrete details from the narrative.

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