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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 Curt reveal to Doug about Beth in Act 2, Scene 4?

2. How is Sandy supposed to fix the problem with the apartment?

3. What are the police looking for at the massage parlor in Act 2, Scene 6?

4. Why is Curt upset at Sandy in Act 2, Scene 2?

5. In Act 2, Scene 2, what is Sandy's reason for being where she was all day?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Curt react to Beth's suggestion that he move past his childhood in Act 2, Scene 3?

2. In Act 2, Scene 5, what are Curt's reasons for stealing the money for Sandy?

3. Is there evidence in the play to support the idea that Curt's stealing may be related to his past?

4. Is there evidence to support Curt holding Beth's middle-class upbringing against her in Act 2, Scene 3?

5. In Act 2, Scene 4, what does Curt tell Doug is the reason that makes it so easy for Curt and Beth to end a four-year relationship?

6. What about Sandy's personality makes her horrified at Curt stealing the money? Use examples from the play to support your answer.

7. Where does Sandy go to for help before returning to her apartment to find the padlocked door in Act 2, Scene 2? What happens when she gets there?

8. How does Curt react toward Sandy once he finds out where she has been in Act 2, Scene 2, and what has she been doing?

9. Based on the description of the Act 2, Scene 1, setting, what can we assume about Curt and Sandy's sleeping arrangements?

10. How does Curt upset Sandy in Act 1, Scene 8? Is there evidence in the same scene that Curt's intentions weren't to hurt her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Each piece of literature has a theme.

1. What does theme mean?

2. What is the theme of "Blue Surge"? Use examples from the play to support.

3. Was Gilman affective in portraying her theme? Is there anything she could have done differently that would have impacted the theme in a positive way? What would have impacted the theme in a negative way? Use examples from the play to support.

Essay Topic 2

Sandy comes home to find her apartment destroyed and chained closed because Heather allowed her friends to have free reign of Sandy's apartment.

1. Should Sandy have to suffer because of Heather's mistakes? Was Sandy partially responsible for what happened to the apartment? Why or why not? Use examples from the play to support.

2. What does Heather's behavior with the apartment show about her character? Use examples from the play to support.

3. How would the story have changed if Heather or Sandy had been more responsible for the apartment? How would this change have impacted the outcome of the play? Use examples from the play to support.

Essay Topic 3

Curt is desperate to help Sandy have a different life and career even after she has told him that she doesn't want to change and has returned to prostitution. He thinks she does what she does because she has had a stroke of bad luck but can change things for the better.

1. Is Sandy a prostitute because she has had bad luck? What luck has caused her to travel down the road of prostitution? Does she ever show any desire to be something else? Use examples from the play to support.

2. What is Curt's motivation behind his desperate attempt to get her out of prostitution? Is he selfless or selfish? Have examples from the book to support.

3. Could Sandy change her lifestyle if she wanted to? What are some things that Sandy would be able to do that would earn her as much money? Be sure to support your answers with examples from the play.

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