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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can the pursuit of money be?

2. What does the doorbell announce?

3. How does Mr. Kirby feel about Grandpa's philosophizing?

4. Why is Gay Wellington at the home?

5. What happens to Mrs. Kirby?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Ed is followed by a strange man.

Part 1) Who is this man? Why is he following Ed?

Part 2) How could audience members at the time this play is written relate to this?

Part 3) What role does this man play in the chaos and humiliation of the Kirbys towards the end of the play?

Essay Topic 3

The play is written in 1936.

Part 1) What is significant about this time period in United States' history?

Part 2) How does this play relate to this time period and audiences of 1936?

Part 3) Describe American life in 1936, based on the families in this play.

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