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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 can this person that May encounters do to someone's career?

2. The setting of this scene has a _________ interior.

3. What do the other two think of this new job idea?

4. Who requests Mr. Glogauer's presence?

5. What does this parade set off?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where has this person that May recognizes been?

2. Who does May recognize?

3. What is May doing at the beginning of the scene?

4. What is symbolism that is found in this scene?

5. What is wrong with the script?

6. How does Mr. Glogauer respond to this announcement?

7. Who are the three primary characters?

8. How are May's suspicions confirmed?

9. How does May feel about the diction school? How do the others react to her suspicions?

10. What happens the closer they get to Los Angeles?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

George is a message of hope.

Part 1) How is he a message of hope? For whom is he a message of hope?

Part 2) Why might the playwrights be sending this message to the audience?

Part 3) Is this a realistic message? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The characters travel by train several times.

Part 1) What are the purposes of these train rides?

Part 2) How does this frequent movement on the train reflect life in Los Angeles?

Part 3) How does the ease of traveling coast to coast and the advent of talkies reflect the changes in American life and culture?

Essay Topic 3

The trio hatches a plan on the way to California.

Part 1) What is their plan?

Part 2) What is faulty about this plan?

Part 3) Is their plan successful? Why or why not?

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