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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 happened to Weller's business?
2. In Act 2, Scene 1, what is Fonsia's response to the name Weller calls her?
3. According to Fonsia in Act 2, Scene 1, she isn't being tough, but is instead what?
4. What one subject does Mrs. Leala want to discuss?
5. How does Weller plan to trick Fonsia in Act 2, Scene 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the source of Fonsia's friction with her son?
2. In Act 2, Scene 1, the play takes place in the evening. What is the significance of this time change?
3. What lie does Fonsia admit to making when seeking employment earlier in life?
4. Explain the exchange of the sweater in Act 2, Scene 2. What could the exchange of the sweater represent?
5. In Act 2, Scene 1, are Weller's apologies sincere? What about his motive?
6. Weller guesses that Fonsia lied to him about her son's whereabouts. What is the significance of the lie, and what other lies has she told?
7. Besides apologizing, what other emotional techniques does Weller use to convince Fonsia to play a round of cards in Act 2, Scene 1?
8. What point is Weller trying to drive home to Fonsia in his relation of the Ty Cobb story in Act 2, Scene 1?
9. How many hands has Weller won throughout the play?
10. In the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1, Weller's temper is the subject of the players discussion. What is Fonsia alluding to when she says "I don't think I'm so much afraid of what you're going to do to me. I just don't know what's going to happen next..."
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The play is considered a tragi-comedy. How does the playwright balance the tragic aspects of the play with the comic?
Essay Topic 2
How does the poem 'As Leaden as the Aftermath of Wine,' by Alexander Pushkin relate to the play?
Essay Topic 3
What does Weller's story about Gladys Mayes' family represent in the play? Are there common perceptions of the elderly in American society that contribute to this unseen character's unhappiness?
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