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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. Where is the music coming from in Act 1?

2. How many times did Clara write to Dr. Engels?

3. What does Midge pretend to do when he first sees Nat in Act 2?

4. What item of the thug's does Midge have in Act 2?

5. What time is it at the beginning of Act 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Midge do after Nat was attacked? What is his explanation?

2. Describe how Midge and Nat are dressed in Act 2, Scene 2.

3. What does the carousel represent in the play?

4. What does Midge have of the Cowboy's? What does he view it as?

5. What does Dartforth come to understand after his conversation with Nat?

6. Describe the character of Clara. How is she dressed? How old is she?

7. What does Nat do at the end of the play? Why?

8. What are the code names of Midge and Nat? Why must Midge be there?

9. What is Clara's frustration with Nat?

10. How does Midge react to Nat in the beginning of the play? What is his attitude towards him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the journey that Nat has gone through in the course of the play. How has Midge changed him? What elements of his personality are altered and why?

Essay Topic 2

Who can be seen as an allegorical symbol representing gang violence in New York in the 1980s? How?

Essay Topic 3

In the argument Nat and Midge have about who is invisible who is right? Do you think that Nat is more visible because he "proves" it, or is he just as invisible as Midge?

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