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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 Jo admit is her favorite season of the year?

2. What does Jo tell Helen she has dreamed?

3. When trying to purchase the item, what did Jo's boyfriend forget about her physique?

4. What important question does Jo's boyfriend ask her?

5. When do they plan to get married?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Helen's main complaint about Jo?

2. Who is more suited for motherhood: Geof or Jo?

3. Why does Geof want to tell Helen about the baby initially?

4. According to Jo, why does she decide to sleep with her boyfriend?

5. Why would Jo rather be on the streets instead of in films?

6. Why do Helen and Peter leave Jo in the apartment?

7. Why does Geof offer to marry Jo?

8. What are Helen's thoughts on destiny, as she tells Jo after their conversation about the shiek?

9. Why does Jo attack Peter, half-laughing, half-crying?

10. How does Jo think of her relationship with Geof? What role has he filled in her life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Geof, while ultimately overpowered by Helen, is a very complex character. Do a character study on Geof, examining his motives, actions, statements, and reactions, specifically in regards to his relationship to Jo. Why does he wilt so easily around Helen? Why does he allow a drunken Peter to insult and berate him?

Essay Topic 2

When Helen finds out that Jo is engaged and no longer a virgin, she is extremely upset, sharply contrasting her usual flippant attitude. Why does this specific occurrence so upset Helen? Does she see some of herself in Jo? What wisdom does she attempt to impart upon Jo regarding youth?

Essay Topic 3

In Act 1, Scene 1, Jo dreams about Helen's death. How does Helen's reaction to Jo's dream give insight to her character? Is Helen really as flippant and unfeeling as she first appears? How, if at all, does Helen change throughout the play?

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