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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. How does Dorothea find Artie at the end of scene 2?

2. What is the relationship between the women in the family?

3. How is Dorothea's health as the play opens?

4. Who says that a smart girl will never be married?

5. What great skill does Echo have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do you think the purpose of this scene 3 is?

3. Why do you think Dorothea has such high expectations of Artie?

4. Who is the controller in the play? Who is being controlled?

5. Do you think Artie will be able to function away from her mother?

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

7. Does Artie ever rebel from Dorothea?

8. What are the basic relationships between the Westbrook women?

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

10. Why do you think Dorothea felt little or no grief when her husband died?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Dorothea's reaction to Artie searching for her lock of hair. Why is this so important to Dorothea, and is Dorothea reasonable in her reaction to Artie's search?

Essay Topic 3

Artie said she could remember everything and was against total recall as a form of learning. Despite this, she drilled Echo repeatedly on spelling words. Why do you think she chose to teach Echo in this way? What other factors may have played into her decision?

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