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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. To what does Deborah compare her efforts at coming to grips with herself?

2. Who does Bernie think is working behind the game counter?

3. Danny can handle physical violence, but he cannot handle what?

4. When the woman ignores Bernie and Danny after they say hello, what do they think is wrong with her?

5. What countries does Bernie claim the King belongs to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bernie's explanation for what constitutes a "pro"?

2. What is Joan's reaction to Deborah's new relationship?

3. What is the significance of Deborah and Danny's fight over the shampoo?

4. What sex advice does Bernie give Danny after meeting Deborah?

5. What two words did Deborah's mother mishear during Deborah's childhood?

6. What question regarding religion and sex does Bernie's television program pose?

7. What does Bernie say about Deborah's profession, upon meeting her for the first time?

8. After Bernie realizes Danny is serious about Deborah, what warning does he give?

9. Why is Danny frightened to confess his love to Deborah?

10. Why is Bernie so offended by Joan's dismissal at the singles bar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Joan has to break up two children playing "doctor." Why is this scene included in the play? What point is the playwright making about the intricacies of the sexual relationship between men and women? How does this scene add to Joan's overall confusion? Do you think men and women are doomed to misunderstand each other? Are there essential differences that cannot be completely understood or overcome by either sex? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

During a fight with Deborah, Danny claims he does not mind physical violence but cannot abide emotional violence. What insight does this gives about Danny's character? Examine scene twenty-eight where the argument occurs. What is Deborah's complaint against Danny? What is Danny ultimately unable to bring to their relationship? How, again, does each character attempt to gain the power back in the relationship?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the everlasting struggle between the Blue Heron and the Duck. What is symbiosis? Why are the Blue Heron and the Duck enemies? What has nature provided each of them to survive? How does their struggle epitomize the Law of Life? Why do George and Emil so identify with this? How could this struggle possibly applied to their lives? Use examples from the play to explain your answers.

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