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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. To what literary character does Ouisa compare Trent Conway in this section?
2. What does Paul say he wants from the Kittredges in this section?
3. Which of the following options is not one suggested in this section for tracking down Sidney Poitier?
4. Who spits on Flan at the end of this section?
5. To what country does Tess say she wants to travel in this section?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay about the character of Paul. Focus on his objectives as a character. What does he want out of life, and why does lying his way into affluent homes and assuming a false identity help achieve it? What do the Kittredges offer him that the other families do not? Do you think that his objective reveals some psychological scar?
Essay Topic 2
The idea of the imagination resonates strongly throughout he play, beginning of course with Paul's "thesis" in the first passages. Write an essay on Guare's understanding of imagination in three parts:
Part 1) Compare Paul's conception of the purpose of imagination in his thesis with what he perceives to be society's new definition of imagination. How are they different? Why does Paul consider the latter reductive?
Paul 2) How doe Ouisa, Flan and Geoffrey react to Paul's thesis on imagination? When Paul appears in Ouisa's imagination later in the play, how does he amend his notion of imagination?
Paul 3) How is what Paul actually does to the families of the play the opposite of his sense of imagination? Is he chipping away at his own personality living in a state of constant deception?
Essay Topic 3
Trent Conway has a smaller but resonant role in Six Degrees of Separation. His decision to take Paul home one night catalyzes the ensuing events that comprise the play. Write an essay about Trent's motivation and catalyzing effect on the play. What does Trent want? Is he accepted by any particular group? How does he see his training of Paul as a solution?
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