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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Olga offer to do?

2. What is Alice preparing to do?

3. Why does Penny change into her artist costume?

4. What happens to Mrs. Kirby?

5. What is immediately clear upon the arrival of the unexpected guest(s)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The entire family is arrested.

Part 1) Why? What takes place during their jail time?

Part 2) How does this arrest affect Alice? Does this arrest prove that Alice was right to believe her family could not be accepted in Tony's world? Why or why not?

Part 3) Will the Sycamores and Kirbys be able to move past this incident and become one cohesive family? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The play takes place in Grandpa Vanderhof's livingroom.

Part 1) How does the play open?

Part 2) How does the audience or reader learn about each character? Is this an effective introduction to each character? Why or why not?

Part 3) Why might the playwrights have introduced them in this way?

Essay Topic 3

The title of the play is significant.

Part 1) To what does "You Can't Take It With You" refer?

Part 2) Whose philosophy is this? What message are the playwrights trying to get across to the audience members?

Part 3) Why would this philosophy be important to the audience when the play opened in 1936? How is it significant today?

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