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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what does Jerry hide the answer to #125?

2. How does Peter end up scrunched on one side of the bench?

3. What does the dog do to Jerry upon his move into his home?

4. What is the name of Jerry's excessively long monologue?

5. Who does Peter say that he was expecting this afternoon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The setting is very simple.

Part 1) What is the setting? Could the play be set anywhere else? Why or why not?

Part 2) Why is the setting so simple?

Part 3) How do the characters and the dialogue become, in a sense, the setting?

Essay Topic 2

If Peter is so frustrated by the end of the play that he blows up in anger, why do you think he feels this way? Is his anger directed solely at Jerry, or is it also directed at himself? Why or why not? Why does Peter have such a hard time understanding what Jerry has told him? If you were in Peter's shoes, would you have felt the same way? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

These men live very different lives.

Part 1) How are they different?

Part 2) What do these men's lives represent?

Part 3) Are they able to relate to one another? Why or why not?

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