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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 is George Deever's profession?

2. How long ago did Chris return from the war?

3. What does Joe Keller want for dinner?

4. According to Sue, what is Jim turning Chris into?

5. What "job" has Joe Keller given Bert?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the roots of Chris' sense of guilt after the war?

2. What is Joe and Kate Keller's concern about George Deever coming to their house?

3. Describe Joe Keller.

4. What request does Sue Bayliss make of Ann and why?

5. What does George Deever tell Ann when he arrives at the Kellers'?

6. What did Joe think would happen after the faulty cylinder heads went out?

7. Why is Frank Lubey drawing up a horoscope?

8. What was Kate Keller's advice to George regarding Lydia?

9. How does Chris describe the girl that Kate wants to set George up with?

10. How does George describe his father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kate Keller is the most stalwart advocate of the deluded system that is the Keller household. This results in a growing paranoia in her character throughout the play. Write an essay on the growing desperation that Kate experiences throughout the play, citing three specific examples in the text.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following to write an essay:

1.) Why do you think that Ann is so willing to defy Kate Keller and her brother, George, in order to marry Chris? Why does she have such faith in him? Cite three examples from the text to corroborate your thesis.

2.) What is George Deever's super-objective? What does he ultimately want to accomplish? Write en essay, citing three examples of individual scene objectives and explaining how they will help accomplish his super-objective.

3.) Do you think that Kate Keller truly believes that Larry is alive? Has she ever allowed doubt to enter her life? Cite conversations she has with Ann, Chris, and Joe to corroborate your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Arthur Miller is known for his assertion that the everyday carries with it the seeds of drama. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the first act of All My Sons. Write an essay examining the small talk of this act and the revelations about the neighbors that come later, citing three specific examples of each.

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