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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 does Frank also seem better able to do at the office?

2. When did Frank and April's love affair in a seedy shack near Greenwich Village turn serious?

3. With what does Frank Wheeler awaken?

4. In a rage, what does April do?

5. Why did Maureen marry at age eighteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Helen do, while she and her husband sip their tea?

2. On what does Ordway quiz Frank?

3. About what do the Wheelers and their guests discuss?

4. How does the play proceed?

5. What is significant about this trip to New York City?

6. How does Frank feel about April's plan to move to Europe? How does she react to his thoughts about her idea?

7. How does April feel after the play? How does this affect her relationship with her husband?

8. How does Frank's mood affect his productivity?

9. What does April think about her plan to move to Europe?

10. How does Frank react to April's mood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

John speaks the truth.

Part 1) How does John's insanity affect his behavior? How does his behavior affect the others? Why?

Part 2) Do his actions and words reveal him to be insane? Why or why not?

Part 3) What would the world be like if more people spoke the truth, like John?

Essay Topic 2

The author quickly reveals the flaws in the various characters.

Part 1) How are these characters first perceived? How are their flaws soon revealed?

Part 2) What is the purpose of the revelation?

Part 3) How do these flaws give the reader a sense of what is to come?

Essay Topic 3

Frank feels conflicting feelings about his work.

Part 1) Where does Frank work? Why does he have conflicting feelings about his work?

Part 2) How is the plan to move to France affecting him at work? Why does it affect him this way?

Part 3) How does his view of his work situation change over the course of the book? Why do these changes occur?

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