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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 Lily Dale say when Will tells her who his replacement is at Sunshine Produce?

2. What kind of person does Will feel he is at heart?

3. What does Lily Dale say she wishes Bill could see?

4. What's the name of Carson's younger sister?

5. When does Will say Bill was his happiest?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lily Dale describe the Disappointment Clubs?

2. Why does Tom come by?

3. Why is it particularly painful for Will that Tom is replacing him?

4. What does Lily Dale do every time she feels blue from missing her son?

5. Why is Will short of breath at the beginning of the play?

6. Describe Will's late son.

7. How does Lily Dale respond to being deceived by the young man from Atlanta?

8. How does Will claim to have gotten Ted's dad to vote Republican for the first time?

9. In what way does Will discover that he has been foolish?

10. What is the difference between Will and his brother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA is divided into six scenes. Discuss the influence of the play's structure on the narrative. How does the story develop from scene to scene. Why do you think Foote chose this six scene structure?

Essay Topic 2

What is Pete's role in the story? How does he function in when we first encounter him? How does his role evolve? In what ways is he provided for and in what ways is he the provider in THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA?

Essay Topic 3

Will begins the play as a wealthy and professionally successful man. He ends the play quite differently. Write an essay illuminating the nature of Will's transformation. How do the external changes in Will's life shape him on the inside?

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