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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 is Will's meeting at Sunshine produce?

2. What does Lily Dale ask Pete when Will leaves to get dressed for his trip to the bank?

3. Where does Lily Dale tell Will she's been?

4. Who does Lily Dale say she has been seeing again?

5. What does Will say his meeting at the bank was?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Pete's attitude toward education?

3. Describe Lily Dale's meeting with Etta Doris.

4. After recounting his meeting at the bank, Will lies down on the sofa and closes his eyes. How is he interrupted?

5. What does Carson say about the photograph of Bill that Lily Dale and Will have?

6. Who delivers a message from the young man from Atlanta?

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

8. What sacrifices do Lily Dale and Will propose in order to get by?

9. How does Etta Doris describe Bill?

10. How does Pete describe his late wife's cooking habits?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA takes place in Houston in the spring of 1950. Why is the time period important? What are some of the prevailing social themes of this decade? How do they support the action of the play?

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

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?

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