View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What quality does Madame Rosepettle admit to not being?

2. What does the reader think Madame Rosepettle's next relationship will be like?

3. How can the type of theater Kopit tries to depict be characterized?

4. How does Madame Rosepettle seem to make others feel?

5. Which of the following is not a name Madame Rosepettle calls her son?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Rosalie's loneliness described in Scene 2?

2. How is Jonathan's loneliness described in Scene 2?

3. How does Madame Rosepettle react to the commodore?

4. What is Rosalie's job? Does she enjoy it?

5. Are the characters of Rosalie and Madame Rosepettle similar in any way? How?

6. How does Madame Rosepettle react to Rosalie being in Jonathan's room?

7. What are the families that Rosalie works for like?

8. What does the commodore think when Madame Rosepettle tells him about her husband?

9. How does the author present Jonathan's character in Scene 1?

10. When does Jonathan kill Rosalie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think is the main theme of Kopit's play? Identify at least three events in Oh Dad, Poor Dad that communicate this theme.

Essay Topic 2

Identify the concept of a tragic hero (or heroine). Describe one character in Kopit's play that you think can be described as a tragic hero, and explain what makes the character fit the description. Why does Kopit decide to include this particular character in his book? What does he or she represent?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the climax of this story and the series of events leading up to the climax. How did characters respond to the climax? What did Kopit include in his story to insure that the climax would be as powerful and meaningful as possible?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 585 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample