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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. From what company is Pete retired?
2. What does Tom arrive with?
3. Does Pete believe in God?
4. Carson brings along a picture of who?
5. What does Will say Lily Dale has become since Bill's death?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Lily Dale describe the Disappointment Clubs?
2. Who does Will say he is at heart?
3. Who is the young man from Atlanta?
4. What does Will say happened to his son?
5. In what way does Will discover that he has been foolish?
6. What happens at the end of the scene to send Will into the fury that leads to his heart attack?
7. When does Will say he discovered his heart condition?
8. What does Will say to Pete to convince him to loan his life savings?
9. How does Lily Dale say she knew for sure the young man was lying?
10. How does Will say he started off at Sunshine Produce?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is Carson's function in THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA? What does he represent for Pete? What does he represent for Lily Dale and Will? How does Foote use him to advance the plot?
Essay Topic 2
In the first scene of THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA, Will tells Tom that he is "a natural born competitor," that "nothing fires [him] up like a competition." Write an essay demonstrating how the theme of competition shapes the story of the play. How does it influence Will's actions? What about Ted's? What about the young man from Atlanta's?
Essay Topic 3
The audience never even learns his name, but the young man from Atlanta is a distinct force in the play. What is this character's dramatic purpose? Why do we never learn his name? What kind of aura surrounds the young man from Atlanta in the beginning of the play? How does that aura evolve? Is our opinion of the young man at the end of the play more aligned with Will's or Lily Dale's? Why?
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