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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does C ask A and B regarding A's accident?
2. What happened to the man B had an affair with?
3. According to A, what did A's mother do when A and Sis argued?
4. C wonders, in Act 2, Part 4, if what ended with her?
5. How does C meet the young man she describes at the end of Act 2, Part 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A's disjointed memories serve several purposes throughout the play. How do they allow for exposition? Is this an effective method of exposition? Why or why not? How do these memories highlight A's mental deterioration as it parallels her physical deterioration? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 2
When A is upset about forgetting things, C suggests that there is safety and salvation in forgetting things. Do the other events of the play suggest that it is possible to do so? Or is it necessary to come to terms with the past and resolve the issues of one's past with the reality of one's present? How does A resolve the issues of her past before her death? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 3
Sis is an archetype of the sibling rival. In what ways was A jealous of Sis, or competing with her? What qualities did A have which Sis didn't? How did A feel about the qualities she possessed that Sis didn't? How did their parents treat A and Sis? Was there any difference? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
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