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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. Where does Carson say he saw Bill's roommate the previous day?
2. What "one last favor" does Lily Dale ask of Will?
3. What does Pete tell Will about the money?
4. What does Will say about his behavior toward Lily Dale?
5. When is Will's meeting at Sunshine produce?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Lily Dale's meeting with Etta Doris.
2. What do Lily Dale and Will argue about in this scene?
3. What holds up Pete and Carson momentarily as they are leaving for Atlanta?
4. What does the young man from Atlanta say when Lily Dale tells him what Carson said about him?
5. How does Pete convince Lily Dale that it is okay for Will to go to the bank?
6. What does Will call Tom about?
7. What confession does Will make to Lily Dale after he tells her about the courtesy call at the bank?
8. How does Etta Doris describe Bill?
9. What new "blow" does Pete deliver to Will?
10. What does Lily Dale initially confess to doing with Mary Cunningham?
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
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?
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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