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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 character type does Dennis represent?
2. According to Warren, what did he do when he found the briefcase?
3. How does Dennis respond to Warren's theory about who his father thinks stole the money?
4. What is the weather like as the play opens?
5. Who does Dennis want to invite over to do cocaine and sleep with?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Valerie's clay sculpture and what it may convey in terms of Dennis and Warren's relationship.
2. In the first act of "This Is Our Youth," how do Dennis Ziegler and Warren Straub defy stereotype in terms of their lifestyle and background?
3. How does Dennis respond to Warren's request to stay at his apartment?
4. Describe Warren and Dennis's exchange over how Warren's father may respond to discovering the stolen money and why it is significant.
5. Why does Warren continue to throw the football after Dennis tells him to put it down?
6. What brings about the brawl between Dennis and Warren?
7. Why does Dennis suggest Warren take the money to their friend Christian's house? What is Warren's response?
8. How do Dennis and Warren recover from their altercation, and what does it signify?
9. As they converse about Warren's father and the stolen money, what is Dennis'a attitude toward Warren?
10. How are Dennis and Warren's ages significant?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does the title of the play "This Is Our Youth" mean? How does the title influence the tone, characters, and plot of the play?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Warren's memorabilia from the 1950s and 1960s. What does it mean to him? How does the memorabilia function in the play itself?
Essay Topic 3
Grief plays a major role in the characters' lives. Choose two characters, and identify what they have lost and how they are mourning.
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