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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 explanation does Trock give for returning to the area?

2. Whom does the Radical accuse of capitalist oppression?

3. What does Gaunt ask the Tramp?

4. In Act 1, Scene 3, who begins to defend the Policeman?

5. Where is Act 1, Scene 2 set?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mio react to Judge Gaunt's opinion of the Romanga case?

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

3. What does Garth confess to Miriamne in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. Why is Miriamne's father afraid of shadows?

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

6. Why doesn't the Policeman find Shadow's body in Act 2?

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

8. How does Mio's goal change in Act 3?

9. Describe Lucia.

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

Describe how class differences are demonstrated and utilized in the play. How do the privileged characters treat the disadvantaged characters? How do the disadvantaged characters treat the privileged characters? Is privilege presented as a result of choice or fate?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What role does truth play in the drama? How does the quest for truth motivate the characters? How does truth inspire fear among some characters? What role does truth play in the final outcome of the play?

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