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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Illya say someone in Alexa's life ran away to?

2. What does Mike think is a "colossal waste of time"?

3. What day of the week is Alexa planning for her meeting?

4. What is Act 2, Scene 1 subtitled?

5. Where is the violinist supposed to meet Alexa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator is an important role, if only an unseen character, in a play. What role does the narrator have in this play? How is the narrator important? What information does the narrator have that the characters do not? What is the narrator able to tell the audience/reader that the characters cannot? How is this important to a viewing or reading of the play? Use specific examples from the text in the response.

Essay Topic 2

The playwright uses the element of deus ex machina in the play. What is this stage element? What does it mean? How does the playwright use it? Is it effective or not? Use specific examples from the text in the response.

Essay Topic 3

Before Alexa became Alexa, she was Brenda Gelb from Pennsylvania. Describe the transformation that Brenda makes to become Alexa Vere de Vere. What prompts this transformation? How does she accomplish changing her personality and actions to fit Alexa instead of Brenda? Use specific examples from the text in the response.

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