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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 Donald do constantly?

2. What does Roy stick in Joseph's face?

3. What borough of New York City is Eugene Jerome from?

4. What does the prostitute do when Eugene gets into bed?

5. What permanent reminder of an injury does Toomey have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Eugene tell Wykowski about his motives?

2. What does Eugene say when Wykowski asks if he means what he wrote?

3. How does Eugene react to Rowena when she talks about herself?

4. What courtesy does Epstein give Eugene that none of the other soldiers do?

5. At the end of Act 2, Scene 7, how does Eugene say his relationship with Daisy has developed?

6. What state is Toomey in during Act 2, Scene 7?

7. What does Rowena say about her home life?

8. Why is Eugene uncomfortable and nervous in Act 2, Scene 1?

9. Describe Arnold Epstein's eating habits.

10. Who does Eugene talk to at the end of the scene, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An "other" is someone who is different and becomes outcast. Discuss being different and the concept of the "other" in the play.

1) In what ways are each of the characters different and therefore outcast from the others? Which are outcasts in the culture of the army?

2) How do the characters react to the things that make other characters different? Do any of the characters relate their own status as "others" with ways in which others are also outcasts?

3) How does the idea of an outcast "other" relate to war? Who becomes the "other" during wartime, and how do the soldiers think and talk about this during the play?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of fantasy in the novel.

1) What are the different soldiers' fantasies, and what do those fantasies say about their characters? Can their fantasies be separated into different categories?

2) What is Toomey's fantasy, and why? Is Toomey's fantasy different from the soldiers' fantasies, and what does it say about Toomey as a character?

3) What role does having fantasies play in the characters' lives? Why do the characters want to discuss and bet on their fantasies?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss friendship in the novel.

1) The soldiers are thrown together from different backgrounds and with different personalities. To what extent do the soldiers develop friendships with each other? Which soldiers develop the closest friendships?

2) Is friendship different than mutual respect and reliance as soldiers? In what way?

3) How do the soldiers' differences from each other stand in the way of friendship? Does being in the army together forge friendship? How?

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