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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. How does Susan describe Mick's bedroom?

2. What does Susan say that she and Tony both missed?

3. In what country does the play begin?

4. Where is Susan waiting as Act 1, Scene 5 opens?

5. What does the Frenchman say that France does not need?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting for Act 2, Scene 11 and which two characters open the scene?

2. What is Susan's thinking about having a child without any emotional ties?

3. How does Lazar make his entrance in the play?

4. How does Act 1, Scene 3 begin?

5. Why is Susan's exaggerated mention of the Suez Canal incident so significant?

6. Describe the radio program that begins Act 2, Scene 9.

7. What is the setting for Act 1, Scene 1 and who are the first two characters to appear?

8. What is the symbolism of Lamar's reference to sound waves?

9. How does the author contrast Alice and Susan?

10. What is the double meaning of Lazar's statement that he recognizes Susan from somewhere?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief character study of Susan. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her--if anything--at this point in her life?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Alice. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her--if anything--at this point in her life?

Essay Topic 3

In more than one instance in the play, a "mackerel sky" is cited. Explain what a mackerel sky is. Then cite the examples of how it is used in the play. What is the significance of a mackerel sky to the characters?

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