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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sunny do when she says she does know a bit of Yiddish?

2. What does the family do as the lights fade to black?

3. What does Joe say when Sunny asks what happened?

4. How does Joe leave?

5. What is gone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The title of the play is "Last Night of Ballyhoo."

Part 1) What is Ballyhoo? What is the meaning of this title?

Part 2) What is significant about the title?

Part 3) How does this title support the central theme of the play?

Essay Topic 2

The play's final moments bring the play full circle.

Part 1) How does this happen? How has this family changed over the course of the play?

Part 2) What or who has been the catalyst of change?

Part 3) Will this be a permanent change? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

There is a serious confrontation between Joe and Sunny towards the end of the first act.

Part 1) Describe this confrontation. Why does it take place?

Part 2) How do the aspects that they first found attractive about one another now cause tension?

Part 3) How does the love triangle play into all of this tension and hostility? What is the connection between this hostility and the theme?

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