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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does this scene take place?

2. What does Joe do when Sunny makes a mistake in Yiddish?

3. To where do Lala and Sunny rush off?

4. What does Peachy say that he might be interested in doing?

5. What happens after Joe leaves, and Sunny stands center stage and thinks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is dramatic scene in Act II between Sunny and Joe.

Part 1) How is this the thematic and dramatic climax of the play?

Part 2) Why does this confrontation take place? How do their differences and lack of understanding play into this confrontation?

Part 3) What is ironic about what directly follows this confrontation?

Essay Topic 2

There is a central theme in this play.

Part 1) What is this theme? How do you know this is a central theme?

Part 2) How do these characters change throughout the play based on this theme? What do they each discover?

Part 3) What is the author's purpose for the reader or audience, according to the theme? What is the reader or audience member supposed to learn?

Essay Topic 3

The family's country club is restricted.

Part 1) What are its restrictions? Why might it have these restrictions?

Part 2) What is ironic about this? What does it foreshadow?

Part 3) How does this restriction reflect what is taking place in American society, as well as in Europe, as mentioned by Adolph?

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