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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. Who calls Will while he's talking to Tom?

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

3. Where does Will say Bill got a job after the war?

4. How many times does Tom say he met Bill?

5. Where does Will threaten to move the family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the end of the scene to send Will into the fury that leads to his heart attack?

2. What does Alice Temple say to Lily Dale about God?

3. What are the circumstances surrounding the money Lily Dale gives to the young man from Atlanta?

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

5. How does Will's being fired put Lily Dale in an awkward position?

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

7. How do we know it is odd for Pete to be unable to sleep?

8. Why does Will want such a big house for only two people?

9. What does Will prophesy for Ted, Jr.?

10. Describe Will's late son.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"The Lord giveth and He taketh away." Write an essay defending or refuting this as the primary theme of THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA.

Essay Topic 2

Will learns in the first scene that Ted is replacing him at the company with Tom Jackson, Will's friend and confidant. In what way does Tom represent the changing times in 1950s Houston? How is Tom's promotion sweet for Will? How is it bitter?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay discussing the theme of loyalty and its significance in THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA. How does it influence the relationship between Will and Lily Dale? Will and Ted? Will and Pete? How does Foote employ the theme to drive his characters' actions?

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