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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. About what does Jerry wonder why Peter did not ask?

2. Who owns the dog that Jerry can't stand?

3. Who wears tweeds and smokes a pipe?

4. From where did Jerry walk to get to the park?

5. What does Jerry say his landlady drinks in the afternoon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jerry begin to worry about after he wonders if Peter will tell him to get married and have parakeets?

2. What does Peter answer when Jerry asks him if he has children?

3. What does Jerry buy? What does he do with it?

4. What does Jerry do to Peter at this point in the play? What is Peter's reaction?

5. Describe the characters at the rooming house.

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

7. What is the title of the long monologue that Jerry breaks out into?

8. What does Jerry do to harm the dog?

9. How does the play open?

10. How does Jerry react when he tells Peter of his epiphany?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jerry seems to be a little 'off' during most of the story. Do you think that he's crazy? Why or why not? Why do you think Peter doesn't seem to be afraid of Jerry at first? What behaviors does Jerry exhibit that make him likable and sane?

Essay Topic 2

The background of Jerry is a sad one, filled with death and sadness. However, with Jerry's state of mind as it's seen in the play, do you think he's making up these stories? Why or why not? If he was making up the stories, what purpose does this serve for him? Can the reader and Peter trust anything he says?

Essay Topic 3

Lack of understanding is a theme.

Part 1) Describe two incidences of misunderstanding.

Part 2) How can the audience relate to this misunderstanding?

Part 3) How does the misunderstanding help the plot progress?

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