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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 does Joanne say is Francis's only positive trait?

2. What does Astrakhan claim is a sexual experience?

3. Who did the man who phoned Emma sound like?

4. What does Joanne apologize to Joseph about the second time?

5. Who does Joanne say Francis asked after?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Joseph know about the hacker?

2. What do Joseph and Joanne talk about at the beginning of the scene?

3. Why does Joseph think they should both quit their jobs?

4. What does Astrakhan tell Joseph about his drug habit?

5. How does the interview get more heated when the FBI officers question Joseph's Internet usage?

6. How does the technician think a hacker obtained Joseph's personal data?

7. Describe the second argument Joseph and Joanne have in the second scene?

8. How does the audience know the fifth scene takes place in the present?

9. What does Astrakhan say at the end of the play?

10. What joke does Joseph make about the name bunghole?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Y2K is a play. What are the differences between a play and a film in terms of the following?

1. Language

2. Character

3. Structure

Essay Topic 3

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the play's themes?

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