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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. Does Pete believe in God?

2. How does Allie Temple kill herself?

3. At what subject does Will say Bill excelled in school?

4. Nothing fires Will up like what?

5. How many nights has Lily Dale gone without sleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lily Dale learn about Bill's religiousness from the young man from Atlanta?

2. Why does Tom come by?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Will say to Pete to convince him to loan his life savings?

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

9. What does Will say happened to his son?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the relationship between Will and Lily Dale Kidder in THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA. How does their relationship change over the course of the play? What events precipitate this change? How are Will and Lily Dale each different at the end of the play? In what ways are they the same?

Essay Topic 2

Explore the roles of the maids in THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA. How are they treated? What does their status seem to be? How does the talk of Disappointment Clubs highlight the role of the maids in the play? How does the generational difference between Clara and Etta Doris parallel other generational differences in the play?

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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