The Gin Game Test | Final Test - Hard

D. L. Coburn
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 125 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Gin Game Test | Final Test - Hard

D. L. Coburn
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 125 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 is lightning used in the final scene of the play?

2. How does Fonsia explain her son's disinterest in visiting her?

3. In Act 2, Scene 1, what is Weller referring to when he says "a warehouse for the intellectually and emotionally dead."

4. Who was Ty Cobb?

5. Who are the Sunshine Ladies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Fonsia criticizes Weller for always blaming his failures on bad luck. How is this criticism true?

2. Given his behavior throughout the play, has Weller gone mad in Act 2, Scene 1?

3. How did Fonsia fear the lie she told to win employment would be found out?

4. Do you think Fonsia 'fed' Weller the Jack of Hearts in Act 2, Scene 1? Explain why.

5. In what way does the weather follow Weller's cues in Act 2, Scene 2?

6. What word in particular was Fonsia daunted by when working?

7. 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?

8. What is the significance of the choir striking up in the last moments of the closing scene of the play? What kind of tune might they be singing?

9. What has Fonsia done to Weller since their last meeting in Act 2, Scene 1 that has upset him?

10. What point is Weller trying to drive home to Fonsia in his relation of the Ty Cobb story in Act 2, Scene 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fonsia relates her phobia of misspelling words when she was an apartment manager. What does this story say about her, and is there any truth to Weller's criticism of her for holding this fear?

Essay Topic 2

How do Fonsia's actions and confessions in the later half of the play diverge from the facade of her character in the first half of the play?

Essay Topic 3

How does the wardrobe of the two characters change during the course of the play, and what does it represent?

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