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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 Pete agree to give Lily Dale?

2. What's Susette's "burden"?

3. Carson brings along a picture of who?

4. What does Will say about Bill's job?

5. How many children does Vivian have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When does Will say he discovered his heart condition?

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

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

5. Who does Will say he is at heart?

6. Describe Will's late son.

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

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

9. Why does Tom come by?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Frequently in the THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA, Lily Dale will reveal new and dramatic information to Clara in confidence, and then, pages later, other characters will discover the information. Write an essay exploring the relationship between Clara and Lily Dale. In what ways are they equals? In what ways are they not? How does Foote use this relationship to move the story forward and increase dramatic tension?

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