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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 Estelle ask Serafina about?

2. What month does this scene take place in?

3. What of the following words best describes Serafina?

4. What is the little boy playing with?

5. What does Estelle do to the boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Serafina say is the truth about Alvaro?

2. Why did Alvaro's wedding never take place?

3. How do the women react to Estelle's appearance?

4. Why does Father de Leo think Serafina should get her life together?

5. Why does Rosa say her mother is moaning?

6. What does Serafina make Jack do?

7. Why does Serafina have to go outside for some air?

8. How does Miss Yorke's appearance enrage the women?

9. How does Rosa react to her father's death?

10. Why is Serafina frustrated at the beginning of this scene?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

THE ROSE TATTOO is a play. What are the differences between a film and a play in terms of the following?

1. Language

2. Character

3. Structure

Essay Topic 2

What are the conventions of a play in terms of character, language and plot? In what way did THE ROSE TATTOO help to set the template for similar plays? Do modern plays still use the ideas the author used in THE ROSE TATTOO?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and examine what it expresses about mid 20th century society.

1. The Catholic Church.

2. Teenage years.

3. Sicilian culture.

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