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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 has Heidi done professionally since Lisa and Scoop's wedding?
2. What song is playing in the background as Act 2, Scene 1 opens?
3. What is the agenda of this lunch between Heidi and her friend in Act 2, Scene 3?
4. What event is taking place in Act 2, Scene 1, that brings the friends back together?
5. What does Scoop try to do at the end of Act 2, Scene 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens during the show, "Hello New York" during Act 2, Scene 2?
2. What is happening during Heidi and Susan's lunch in 1984?
3. How are the two paintings that Heidi is discussing with her art history class in the Prologue to Act 2 similar?
4. Susan and Denise have something in mind for a television show. What do they want to do and how do they want Heidi to become involved?
5. What is Heidi's view of her role in feminism?
6. What decision does Heidi make in Scene 5, Act 2, regarding her future and why?
7. What does Heidi do to cheer Peter up at the end of Act 2, Scene 5?
8. What is Heidi so critical of in the painting she is discussing in the Prologue to Act 2?
9. What happens when Lisa goes to take Scoop's phone call during her baby shower?
10. What has happened in Heidi's life while she's been in Europe?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who does Heidi attribute Scoop's arrogance to? Why? Why would she single out a specific sex as encouraging this arrogance/confidence?
Essay Topic 2
Peter tells Heidi that he is gay. What does Heidi struggle with when Peter tells he that he is gay? Do you, as the reader, think that Heidi might have suspected? What clues, if any, are provided in the play up to that point that might have given away Peter's sexual orientation? In this scene, with this news, does Heidi exhibit stereotypical female behavior? If so, what behavior(s)?
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think Scoop is unable to make a serious commitment to anything, until the end of the play?
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