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

Short Answer Questions

1. At whom does Julia point a gun?

2. Agnes feels she is the only one in the family who can see a situation objectively _____________________.

3. What do Julia and Edna fight about?

4. What does Julia say she will do if Harry and Edna stay?

5. What does Tobias demand to know?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Albee's use of humor in the play. Cite examples of at least two different instances of humor and explain why the author used them where he did.

Essay Topic 2

Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for the lives of Tobias, Agnes, Julia, Claire, Harry and Edna. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of married women in the 1960s when the women in the novel are living their married lives. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do the have? What freedoms did they have that twenty-first century women do not have?

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