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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. In Act Two: Scene 11, when does Sideway plan to hold auditions for another play?

2. At the beginning of Act Two: Scene 9, where are Mary and Clark?

3. In Act Two: Scene 9, who joins Mary?

4. What music is played as the play begins?

5. What type of play does Wisehammer say that he can write in Act Two: Scene 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Duckling say and do when Brewer is ill?

2. What does Duckling say and do when Brewer dies?

3. Who is brought to the rehearsal in Act Two: Scene 5, and why is one prisoner still in chains?

4. How does the play begin?

5. What evidence is there that Liz stole the food?

6. What does Caesar say about escaping and dying?

7. What rations do prisoners and soldiers receive, and how does Ross feel about that?

8. Why does Clark end the rehearsal in Act Two: Scene 7?

9. What is the aborigine thinking at the beginning of Act Two: Scene 11?

10. What does Phillip say that Socrates demonstrated about a slave boy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Clark is given the job of directing a play using convicts as actors. Why are convicts chosen to be actors? Why does Clark struggle with auditions and assigning roles?

Essay Topic 2

Clark goes to Phillip in Act Two: Scene 2, and discusses whether to continue the play. Why does Clark go to Phillip and request that the play be canceled? What benefits does Phillip think the play will provide for the convicts, the authorities, and society? Why does he think the play will provide redemption? Why does he insist that the play continues?

Essay Topic 3

The setting or settings in a play are where the action takes place. Do the settings in the play serve as a backdrop to characters or do they almost take on the role of a character? How do the settings evoke feelings or set the tone in the play?

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