The Mound Builders Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 140 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Mound Builders Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 140 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 is the name that August refers to the site as?

2. What does Chad offer to give Jean in Act 1?

3. Whom does August say Cynthia believes herself to be when speaking to the recorder in Act 1 Part 2?

4. Which character says, "Jesus, dear God, but it's bleak here."

5. What does August state on the recorder that he intends to do at the beginning of Act 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Delia feel is the greatest sin? Why?

2. What is a God-king?

3. What is implied by August's description of Cynthia as "an ex-relation by marriage?" What literary term would this comment be considered?

4. In the opening of the play, August speaks into a tape recorder. To whom is he speaking and why?

5. Dan says early in the play that there are many reasons for building mounds in ancient societies. What are some of these?

6. How does Chad react to the news of Jean's pregnancy? Why?

7. Why did Delia lock herself in her apartment after completing her book? Who found her?

8. The Mound Builders is unique in its depiction of time. Explain the two different periods of time which are illustrated in the play and how this differentiation is made clear to the audience (and reader).

9. What does the discovery of the God-king mean to August? Why?

10. What does Delia compare her book to? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the character of Delia in The Mound Builders. What is her purpose to the plot of the story? What does she know about the actions in the play that the other characters are not aware of?

Essay Topic 2

What are the legacies of the supporting characters in The Mound Builders? What is Delia's legacy? What is Chad's? What is Jean's?

Essay Topic 3

Define "aestheticism." How does this term relate to the characters in The Mound Builders? Which characters would you describe as governed by "aesthetic?" Which are not? Why?

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