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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. Whose house has Max inherited?

2. How long have Teddy and Ruth been married?

3. What does Max always carry?

4. What is Max looking for desperately in the first part of Act I?

5. Where does Lenny say the sheets for Teddy are?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lenny treat Ruth when he first meets her?

2. How does Max speak about his late wife Jessie in Part I?

3. What does Lenny particularly ridicule about Max in Part I?

4. What is Sam particularly proud of?

5. What story does Lenny tell to Ruth in Part I that is jarring?

6. What is Joey's dream?

7. What is Max's memory of his times with his friend Mac?

8. What is Teddy's demeanor towards Ruth when they arrive at Max's?

9. How does Teddy describe his family to Ruth before she meets them?

10. What does Lenny tell Ruth he has been having trouble with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the difference, as Teddy explains it, between his opinions of his life in America and what he has left behind in England? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Pinter treat the topic of sexual assault of women by men in this play? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does the family's - especially Max's - financial struggles as working-class Londoners seem to have affected their actions and attitudes towards others around them? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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