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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. In what area of the world did Ginny want her ashes spread?
2. Once Fountainhead logs off after his first time on the addiction support forum and Haikumom closes the thread, what does she instruct Fountainhead to do if he wants to reopen it?
3. What is Elliot wearing around his neck that he tells the professor was given to him by his girlfriend?
4. Which Jazz artist is the subject of Yazmin's lecture when she receives the emergency text from Elliot?
5. In what language is Elliot's most recent commercial broadcast upon its release?
Short Essay Questions
1. In return for agreeing to deliver Ginny's eulogy, what does Yazmin ask Elliot to do for her?
2. What is the reason for Clay/ChutesandLadders' surprise at Madeleine/Orangutan's appearance in the Addiction Support forum in Scene Two?
3. How does Odessa/Haikumom handle her job as site administrator and what are her duties?
4. For what transgression against Ginny does Elliot feel the most guilty and why?
5. What is the significance of the Arabic phrase that is stuck in Elliot's head?
6. How does Elliot try to lessen the pain caused by his wounded leg now that he no longer takes pain medication?
7. What does Yazmin say is the reason for her divorce from William and how does that reason reflect a theme of the play?
8. What is ironic about Yazmin's purported hatred of public speaking?
9. What is the significance of the Ghost breathing on Elliot at the end of Scene 6 and knocking him down?
10. What does Clay/ChutesandLadders reveal as the catalyst for his decision to get sober?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Study the final scene of the play, Scene 15, and use it to determine the playwright's main message to the audience. What does she want the audience to realize by the end of that scene and how does she get that message across in a clear yet symbolic fashion? Use concrete details from the final scene and from elsewhere in the play in order to support your claim.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the playwright's use of light as a motif within the play Water by the Spoonful. How is the motif used and what messages are sent through the scenes in which the motif appears? Back up your points with quotes from the play.
Essay Topic 3
Explicate the playwright's use of the mother archetype within the play's events. What different types of mothers are portrayed and what is the ultimate message the playwright is sending concerning motherhood? Use examples and concrete details from the play to support your points.
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