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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 opinion does Trock have about Shadow?

2. In Act 1, Scene 3, who slips into the crowd with the Two Young Men?

3. Where is Act 1, Scene 3 set?

4. What is referred to as a "Blind Snake" at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

5. What advice is given to Garth in the letter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Miriamne murdered?

2. Describe Mio's eulogy for Shadow.

3. Why did Garth tell Esdras his secret?

4. Describe Shadow.

5. Why does Trock bring Judge Gaunt and Esdras back to the apartment in Act 2?

6. Why do the Policeman and the Radical argue in Act 1, Scene 3?

7. Why does Mio feel he is about to die in Act 3?

8. In Act 1, Scene 1, how does Lucia view Trock and Shadow?

9. Why does the Tramp come to the apartment in Act 2?

10. Describe Lucia.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the factors which motivate the characters in the play. How do these motivations develop and change through the course of the play. What lessons are learned by the characters as their motivations change?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the use of irony in the play. What ironies result from the conflict between Mio's desire for revenge and his love for Miriamne? What is the purpose of the ironies evident in the play? Is irony an effective tool for changing behavior?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the balance between hope and despair evident in the play. How does the action and dialogue of the play affect that balance? How is the balance between hope and despair used to express the themes of the play? In the end, which emotion do the remaining characters experience and why?

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