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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 Booth do to Lincoln at the very end of the play?

2. Who chooses the right card during the first card game in Scene 6?

3. What does Booth blame for the reason he did something with Lincoln's ex-wife?

4. Finish the sentence: "I should quit right then and ____".

5. What does Booth announce to Lincoln at the beginning of Scene 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of Booth's dialogue just before he slams the door and leaves at the end of Scene 5?

2. What is the nature of Lincoln's playing with cards at the end of Scene 4?

3. What does Lincoln tell Booth regarding finding work in Scene 6?

4. Describe Lincoln and Booth's card game when they use real money near the end of Scene 6.

5. What is Lincoln's complaint regarding his work costume in Scene 4?

6. Describe Booth's appearance in his room at the beginning of Scene 5.

7. What does Lincoln say about his job as an impersonator when Booth questions him about it in Scene 6?

8. How does Lincoln react when Booth tells him he must move in Scene 6?

9. Where has Lincoln come from when he enters the room at the beginning of Scene 6?

10. What does Booth announce to Lincoln in regard to Grace in Scene 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the portrayal of identity in the play. What might the author be trying to say in terms of the nature of identity?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of value systems in the play. What values do the play's characters hold? Where might they have found these values?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Booth's tendency to emasculate Lincoln in the play. What reasons does he have for doing this? What does this act say about his character?

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