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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 Jerry begin to ask Peter?

2. When Jerry shares that he doesn't like to talk to people all the time, Peter wonders if he is to be the _________ for the day.

3. What does Jerry say that Peter probably threw out when he got married?

4. What is the first line of the play?

5. What is the person living next to Jerry always doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Peter gets upset with Jerry about his storytelling, what does Jerry say back to him?

2. How much does Peter make at his job per year?

3. How does the landlady react to Jerry's attempt on the dog's life?

4. Who does Jerry absolutely abhor in his rooming house?

5. What is Jerry's explanation for how he has arrived at the park?

6. What does Jerry ask about Peter's daughters? What is Peter's response.

7. Where does Jerry go as an orphan? What happens then?

8. How does the dog react to the action in #44?

9. How does Peter react to Jerry's stabbing?

10. Where is the dog waiting for Jerry when he arrives back at the rooming house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is irony in the conversation the men have in the second scene.

Part 1) What does Jerry tell Peter?

Part 2) Why is it surprising?

Part 3) What is ironic about what he tells Peter, a man whose name he does not yet know?

Essay Topic 2

Jerry tells Peter he does not have to listen.

Part 1) To what does he not have to listen?

Part 2) What larger meaning might Jerry have for this statement?

Part 3) Why does Peter, and the audience, feel compelled to stay and listen?

Essay Topic 3

Jerry becomes anxious when Peter says that he needs to return home, sitting down for the first time during the play. Why is Jerry anxious about Peter leaving? Give three reasons why Jerry might want Peter to stay. Why does Jerry sit down at this point of the play? What does this signify to the audience and to Peter?

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