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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 Jerry find Peter?

2. How is Peter, still?

3. About what else does he wonder nervously?

4. With what does Jerry continue?

5. Who wears tweeds and smokes a pipe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jerry do to harm the dog?

2. What does Peter say when Jerry shares his fear as answered in #30?

3. How does the play open?

4. What does Jerry do when he sees the dog when he gets back to the rooming house?

5. How does Jerry describe his own parents?

6. What does Jerry inform Peter he will learn all about in the papers?

7. How does Peter respond when Jerry asks how much money he makes?

8. Where does the play The Zoo Story take place?

9. Why is Peter not interested in the pornographic cards?

10. Why do the two men begin to scream at each other?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are several poignant lines in this play.

Part 1) Give two examples.

Part 2) What do these lines do to the audience?

Part 3) What does the audience want to know, from hearing these lines?

Essay Topic 2

Jerry and Peter's roles are reversed at the end of the play.

Part 1) What causes this role reversal?

Part 2) In what way are their roles reversed?

Part 3) How might this affect Peter for the rest of his life?

Essay Topic 3

The bench becomes a fighting ground for both men, as each wants sole 'custody' of the bench. Why is the bench so important to the men? What does it signify to the play? Why can't the men give up their ownership of the bench? How could this have been settled between Peter and Jerry?

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