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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. How is Will feeling at the end of the scene?
2. Etta Doris mistakes Pete for whom?
3. What does Carson say when Will asks if they will be seeing the young man again?
4. What is the first thing Will says to Etta Doris?
5. What does the man at the bank say about Will's proposal?
Short Essay Questions
1. What conversation about Bill do Will and Lily Dale finally have?
2. What sacrifices do Lily Dale and Will propose in order to get by?
3. Describe Lily Dale's meeting with Etta Doris.
4. What new "blow" does Pete deliver to Will?
5. Who delivers a message from the young man from Atlanta?
6. What is the rest of the Mary Cunningham story?
7. Will runs into Ted Cleveland, Jr. at the bank. What do he and Will discuss?
8. What is Will's manner with Etta Doris?
9. What holds up Pete and Carson momentarily as they are leaving for Atlanta?
10. After recounting his meeting at the bank, Will lies down on the sofa and closes his eyes. How is he interrupted?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Who is Bill in THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA? How is his death connected to the action of the play? How does Lily Dale's relationship with his memory change over the course of the play? How does Will's?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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