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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. When Lily Dale tells Will what the doctor says about going to the bank, how does Will respond?

2. How does Lily Dale propose to help out financially?

3. Why can Etta Doris no longer work?

4. What does Will tell Ted about accepting a job at Sunshine with less responsibility?

5. What is the only other time Lily Dale claims to have deceived Will?

Short Essay Questions

1. Will runs into Ted Cleveland, Jr. at the bank. What do he and Will discuss?

2. Why does Lily Dale no longer see Mary Cunningham?

3. What new "blow" does Pete deliver to Will?

4. What all does Etta Doris say is wrong with her?

5. What does Will call Tom about?

6. How does Will's meeting at the Bank go?

7. How does the young man from Atlanta get Lily Dale to talk to him?

8. Why does Will refuse to go outside and speak to the young man from Atlanta?

9. How does Pete convince Lily Dale that it is okay for Will to go to the bank?

10. What holds up Pete and Carson momentarily as they are leaving for Atlanta?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose another southern playwright or author whose works you enjoy. Write an essay comparing and contrasting one of your chosen writer's works with Horton Foote's THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA. Discuss differences and similarities in plot, character and style, citing specific examples.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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