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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. Who is standing in the drive when Lily Dale pulls her car out?

2. When Pete asks if Will wants to eat, what does Will say?

3. What kind of grades does Etta Doris say Bill made?

4. What does Will ask Pete for?

5. Why does Carson say Bill was well named?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Will say to Carson and Pete about the way he has been treating his wife?

2. How does Etta Doris describe Bill?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does the young man from Atlanta say when Lily Dale tells him what Carson said about him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

What is Pete's role in the story? How does he function in when we first encounter him? How does his role evolve? In what ways is he provided for and in what ways is he the provider in THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA?

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