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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 does Emma Jones call Greta?

2. How does the scene end?

3. Where does this play begin?

4. What is Greta Fiorentino wearing?

5. What do the women wonder about Mr. Maurrant?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does this scene show that Mr. Buchanan is a good husband?

2. How does the audience learn Mr. Filippo Fiorentino is Italian?

3. What does Rose suggest her mother do about Mr. Sankey? Why does Rose suggest this?

4. What do the women do after they invite Mrs. Maurrant to visit?

5. What are two nursemaids doing?

6. On what does Rose blame her father's attitude? What is Mrs. Maurrant's reaction?

7. What shocking remark does Sam make to Rose? How does she respond?

8. How does the scene begin? What are the movers and police doing?

9. Why does Rose ask Sam how to act in a synagogue? What is surprising about Sam's response?

10. What does Shirley tell Rose about her brother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rose has many admirers.

Part 1) Why? How do these admirers treat her?

Part 2) How do the neighbors respond to the attention she receives? Why?

Part 3) How might these admirers play a role in her decision to be independent of a man at the end of the play?

Essay Topic 2

The neighbors believe Mrs. Maurrant is somewhat at fault for Mr. Maurrant's actions.

Part 1) Why do they believe this?

Part 2) Do they take her mental state into consideration? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this attitude reflect the role of women in the late 1920s?

Essay Topic 3

This play was written in 1929.

Part 1) What can you gather about this time period, based on information in the play?

Part 2) How could audiences in 1929 relate to this play?

Part 3) How can viewers today still connect with the characters and plot of this play?

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