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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 Lily Dale say when Will tells her the young man from Atlanta is a liar?

2. What does Clara's friend tell her about Eleanor Roosevelt?

3. Where does Carson pick up his clothes?

4. What new information does Lily Dale tell Will about about the night in question with Mary?

5. What does Pete decide to do after talking with Carson about Atlanta?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clara find out for Lily Dale about the Disappointment Clubs?

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

3. What conversation about Bill do Will and Lily Dale finally have?

4. How does Etta Doris describe Bill?

5. What does Lily Dale initially confess to doing with Mary Cunningham?

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

7. What does Will call Tom about?

8. How is it that Pete decides to take a trip to Atlanta?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Horton Foote often said that nothing is more important in his work than a sense of place. Write an essay exploring the influence of the setting of THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA. How is Houston influential? What about the Kidder's house? What about Sunshine produce?

Essay Topic 2

THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA is divided into six scenes. Discuss the influence of the play's structure on the narrative. How does the story develop from scene to scene. Why do you think Foote chose this six scene structure?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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