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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. Whose portrait is hanging in the living room of the Farrelly home?

2. Where will Sara and her family be arriving, and what is the expected time?

3. Who does Nick claim is trying to be genteel?

4. Who does Lavinia think that her daughter looks like when she doesn't frown?

5. In "Watch on the Rhine," who says that "all Fascists are not of one mind, one stripe"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in the last scene of "The Autumn Garden"?

2. What activities are the characters engaging in as Act II of "Watch on the Rhine" opens?

3. Why is Oscar angry at Sam Taylor in "Another Part of the Forest"?

4. Why is Lavinia so upset in Act I of "Another Part of the Forest"?

5. What is the description of Kurt that Teck has?

6. What is Teck's proposal to Kurt and then to David and Fanny?

7. How many children does Sara have, and what are their ages.

8. What does Oscar want to do with his life?

9. How does the last act of "The Autumn Garden" open?

10. What are the details of Ben's blackmailing of his father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the function of the now deceased Joshua Farrelly on events in "Watch on the Rhine."

Essay Topic 2

In "Another Part of the Forest," Lavinia is obsessed with atoning for her sin. What is her sin? Does any other character feel the need for atonement or is atonement forced upon a character?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the six plays and discuss its symbolism.

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