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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 sport does Fountainhead say he had placed at state championships two years in a row?

2. Whom does Yazmin ask Elliot to dissuade from coming to Ginny's funeral?

3. In what country was Orangutan born?

4. How long does Orangutan stay away from the addiction support forum when it causes HaikuMom and ChutesAndLadders to worry about her?

5. When Yazmin gets a text message from Elliot's dad while she and Elliot are talking on the phone, what does it say?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What new information does the audience learn about John/Fountainhead within Scene 6 during his second appearance on the Addiction Support forum?

3. For what transgression against Ginny does Elliot feel the most guilty and why?

4. What is the significance of the Arabic phrase that is stuck in Elliot's head?

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

6. What fact about Madeleine/Orangutan's identity is learned by Clay/ChutesandLadders, Odessa/Haikumom, and the audience all at once in Scene Two?

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

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

9. What does Yazmin say is the reason for her divorce from William and how does that reason reflect a theme of the play?

10. How does Odessa/Haikumom's reaction to John/Fountainhead's first post contrast with the reactions of the other regular forum members?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Discuss the playwright's treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within Water by the Spoonful. Be sure to use particular characters and their situations to arrive at a specific and clear claim about the playwright's treatment of these topics. Use quotes from the play to support your claim.

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