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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. When Dorothea changed her granddaughter's name, Echo was ___________.

2. What children do Dorothea and her husband have?

3. How does Dorothea meet her husband?

4. What does Dorothea value over motherhood?

5. Where in scene 3 does the audience feel sympathy for Dorothea?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Artie feel that she was Dorothea's guinea pig as she grew up?

2. Why do you think Artie runs away instead of letting her mother send her to college?

3. What is the primary complication between the Westbrook women in this play?

4. Why does Dorothea decide to take on a life of eccentricity?

5. What skill does Echo have, and how does this skill become a form of communication between Echo and her mother?

6. At what point in scene 3 do you think the audience loses sympathy for Dorothea?

7. Why do you think Artie is not worried about her own issues?

8. What is the opening action of this play, and what does this foreshadow?

9. How are the 3 main characters related to each other?

10. Artie begins and ends scene two. What do we learn about the character?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Artie's father is mentioned briefly in the play. Discuss how Artie's father influenced the women in the play, despite his seemingly small role.

Essay Topic 2

Foreshadowing is used throughout Eleemosynary. Discuss examples of it and how it increases understanding of the play.

Essay Topic 3

The title of the play is a background theme throughout the play. Discuss why this title is appropriate for the play. Give examples of how it is used throughout the play.

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