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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 comment does Visitor make about Woman's marriage?
2. What does the audience learn about the character named Visitor at the start of 'Suitcase'?
3. Why is Visitor confused that the suitcase causes Woman so much concern?
4. What does the voice say can intimidate a smile?
5. Why has Woman not yet opened the suitcase?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Woman going to make her husband for dinner?
2. What was the message Boxer received in his fortune cookies? Who did he tell about it?
3. What does the presence of Man and Woman from Hell suggest about the man's death?
4. Who says "Once again, a man turned into a stick and vanished" and when in the play is this line spoken?
5. How does Boxer's body feel in round three?
6. Why does Woman's husband say the suitcase should not upset Woman?
7. Who does Woman from Hell go to check on and what do we learn about that person?
8. What does Boxer promise to do with his life in round four?
9. Does Boxer win or lose the fight at the end of the play?
10. In the play 'Suitcase', who does the suitcase belong to? What does this person say is in the suitcase?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how the three plays in this collection are linked and why Abe chose to place these three plays in one collection? Start with 'Suitcase' and continue through 'The Man who Turned into a Stick.' Make sure to address the points in each play that share similar themes with the previous plays.
Essay Topic 2
Describe the two main characters of 'Suitcase'. Which is the protagonist or do both characters carry that title? How does Abe construct a plot in a play which contains only two characters who are physically present on stage?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Kobe Abe's biographical information and how it influences the play 'The Man who Turned into a Stick'.
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