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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 Stanley invited to by the person who brings in the parcel?
2. What does Petey tell Meg is new and coming soon to their area in Act 1, Part 1?
3. What does Stanley tell Meg happened that prevented him from performing at a theater once?
4. What does Goldberg ask Meg in regards to her other guests?
5. What does Meg brag to Goldberg and McCann about regarding Stanley?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Meg tell the two gentlemen about Stanley during their first meeting?
2. What is the nature of Meg and Petey's conversation regarding Stanley at the beginning of Act 3, Part 1?
3. In what way do McCann and Goldberg say Stanley doesn't exist?
4. Describe the interaction between McCann and Lulu when he enters the room in Act 3, Part 2.
5. How does Stanley react after hearing Goldberg's name in Act 1, Part 2?
6. What is the nature of Petey and Meg's conversation regarding the drum at the beginning of Act 3, Part 1?
7. What is the nature of McCann and Goldberg's conversation regarding the newspaper at the beginning of Act 3, Part 2?
8. What does Stanley say in regards to piano playing in Act 1, Part 1?
9. What is the nature of Petey and Goldberg's conversation regarding Stanley in Act 3, Part 1?
10. What is Stanley's reaction when Meg mentions the two men that will be staying in the boardinghouse in Act 1, Part 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the role of tension in the play. In what way was the author able to create a sense of tension between the characters?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the significance of Ireland in the play. What importance did Ireland serve to further the story along? What does Ireland have to do with Stanley's past?
Essay Topic 3
Examine the author's portrayal of reality in the play. In what way did the characters try and escape their reality?
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