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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 is Penny Sycamore doing?

2. How is the apartment as Alice and Tony return from their date?

3. How does Alice feel about Tony?

4. The curtain goes down temporarily and rises on what scene?

5. What occurs in the basement?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alice say to Tony, regarding their relationship? Why does she say this? What assumptions is she making?

2. About what is "You Can't Take It With You?"

3. How is Tony reacting to Alice's behavior? Why is he reacting this way?

4. What does the doorbell announce? What might the audience members be thinking, before it is discovered who has rung the doorbell?

5. What have Paul Sycamore and Mr. DePinna been doing? Why is this odd?

6. What is the outcome of Grandpa's tax evasion? What might be the response of audience members?

7. How does Grandpa relieve Mr. Kirby's fears? How does this also relieve the tension between the two families.

8. How does the second act open? What new character does the audience meet? How does she add to the comedic aspect of the play?

9. What unexpected event takes place? How does all the activity prior to this event add to the shock and humor of this event?

10. What happens before Tony and Alice part? What does this show about their relationship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tony cares about Alice's family.

Part 1) Why does he care about them?

Part 2) What does his desire to be with her family say about his relationship with his own family?

Part 3) What does Tony do to express his feelings towards his family?

Part 4) Would the average person feel so comfortable around the Sycamores? Why or why not? Use the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

Tony and Alice are a couple.

Part 1) How serious is their relationship? How do you know this?

Part 2) What trials and tribulations do they encounter throughout the play, as a couple?

Part 3) Is their relationship likely to last? Why or why not?

Part 4) If you could see this couple in ten years, where would they be and why? Use the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

Alice and Tony meet at work.

Part 1) What is Tony's job? What is Alice's job? How does this make them compatible?

Part 2) Ironically, how does Alice's career make her odd, compared to the rest of her family?

Part 3) What draws Tony to Alice's family and vice versa? What are they lacking in their own lives that makes them fond of each other's families?

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