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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 is the main industry in the part of the country the soldiers are visiting?

2. Who does Parson hope the soldiers will recruit?

3. Where has Hurst spent time alone?

4. What does Hurst remind Musgrave?

5. What does Sparky invite Annie for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Musgrave claim is his mission?

2. Why does Musgrave not want Mrs. Hitchcock to mention Hicks to his men?

3. Why does Mrs. Hitchcock think Musgrave got his logic wrong?

4. What does Attercliffe raise up from the box?

5. What does the parson say about the army in his speech?

6. What do Musgrave and his men argue about in Act 1, Scene 3?

7. Why does the constable want Mrs. Hitchcock to close her bar?

8. How do Musgrave and Attercliffe try to stop Hurst?

9. How does Sparky try to get Annie to come to his room?

10. What does Act 2, Scene 1 say about redemption?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1950s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the novel if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

How did Arden view the 1950s? What impact have his views had on literature as a whole? Has that impact been mainly positive, or mainly negative?

Essay Topic 3

What are the differences between a play and a novel in terms of the following?

1. Language

2. Character

3. Structure

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