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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. Who is Mio?

2. Where does Lucia imagine Trock was raised?

3. What does Trock ask both Esdras and Miriamne to do in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. What does Carr whistle as the crowd disperses in Act 1, Scene 3?

5. What does Lucia get to do "every day in every way?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Trock.

2. Describe Shadow.

3. How do the characters react to the order that is given to Lucia in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. How is Miriamne in the way of Mio's goal?

5. In Act 1, Scene 2, what advice does Esdras give Garth about his sense of guilt?

6. What threat does Trock make towards Shadow near the end of Act 1, Scene 3?

7. How has Professor Hobhouse unnerved both Trock and Garth?

8. Why does Garth want to have his violin repaired?

9. What is Esdras' opinion about justice in society?

10. Why does Mio visit the apartment in the beginning of Act 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are suspense and fear used to motivate characters and progress the action of the play? How is suspense built onstage by using offstage characters and sounds? How does suspense add interest to the play and help express the themes of the play?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how deception is used among the characters in the drama. What contrasts in attitude exist about the acceptance of deception as a tool? What role does deception play in the final outcome of the play?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Anderson's style of writing imitates that of Shakespeare. How does Anderson's use of language, sentence structure, dramatic conventions, and character development mimic that of Shakespeare? What philosophies do Anderson and Shakespeare seem to share?

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