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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kitty what famous starlet used the alias Harriet Brown at hotels?

2. In this section, which parent repeatedly states that they don't want to know what their children are doing?

3. How does Flan characterize the request he makes his children in this section?

4. Who spits on Flan at the end of this section?

5. What word's pronunciation is Trent trying to correct when he and Paul appear onstage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The end of the play is ambiguous in wrapping up many of its plot lines. Write an essay about the final moments of the play, focusing on the fate of Paul. How do the Kittredges fail to find him in the Village, and how does he become lost in the criminal justice system? What does this say about his place in the world and the place of those like him?

Essay Topic 2

The Kandinsky in the Kittredge condo is the central symbolic image of the play. Write an essay about the significance of this image. What theme do its opposite sides symbolize? How does the opposing control and wildness of the painting manifest itself in the action onstage? How do you interpret Paul's cryptic final words?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about parent-child relationships in Guare's play. What is the recurring motif regarding the parents who are duped in the play and their children? How do these relationships play out onstage? How do these parents regard their children, and how does Paul represent a sort of idealized form of their children?

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