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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 weather is happening throughout Scene Two?

2. What language is used to describe the nature of Ani's new apartment?

3. What do non-italicized parentheses within the play indicate?

4. John remarks that he had had a long night due to undertaking what activity?

5. What items does Ani discover Eddie's girlfriend is about to bring to Eddie when he is still in Ani's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways is Scene Two similar to Scene One, in terms of theme and structure?

2. What is the setting of the Prologue?

3. What do Ani's text messages to Eddie during their marriage symbolize?

4. What story does Jess finally tell John to placate him?

5. What is the setting of Scene One?

6. In what ways does Scene Two contrast with Scene One, in terms of theme and structure?

7. What is one theme represented within one of the three quotes within the Epigraph section?

8. How does the motif of music arise in Scene Two?

9. How is Jess's character described within the character notes at the start of Scene One?

10. What impetus has brought Eddie to the bar in Brooklyn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Martyna Marjok's message about the relationship between poverty and privilege within her play Cost of Living?

Essay Topic 2

What is the central purpose of this play? What response do you think Martyna Majok wants from her audience? How does each character support the playwright’s purpose? Write an essay exploring these questions.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Jess's role within the events of the play and explain how her character helps to further develop certain themes inherent in Martyna Majok’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work.

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