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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is a codetta?
2. What does the author seem to be revealing in this scene?
3. What is the subject of Ed's reading?
4. Where is Laurel on the day after the weekend that Alan and Arnold visited Ed and her?
5. What does Arnold believe validates Laurel's attraction to gay men?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose one of the following topics and write a well-developed essay using specific examples both from the text and any research you complete:
1. Discuss the similarities and differences of the themes among the three plays.
2. Write a possible scene that takes place a year later.
3. Choose one character and follow his/her development and growth (or lack of growth).
Essay Topic 2
In "Fugue in a Nursery, Codetta," Ed reads a newspaper to Laurel about a love affair between an 80-year-old woman and a boy of fifteen. Discuss one of the following topics in a well-developed essay using specific examples both from the text and any research you complete:
1. The American culture is often characterized as being preoccupied with youth. Do you think the reality of an actual love affair between a 15 year old and an 80 year old has even happened in a culture such as the United States? What are the legal ramifications of such a romance? Disregarding any sexual aspects of such a relationship, what do you think two people of such disparate ages would have in common? In what areas would there likely be conflicts? Could you imagine being in a relationship with someone several decades older than you are? Explain.
2. A "cultist" movie called Harold and Maud was released in 1971. It was centered around just such a relationship as that mentioned in Torch Song Trilogy between a teen and an elderly woman. Watch the movie and write a literary criticism on it, including a personal "reader (viewer) response."
3. In many cultures today, and most in earlier centuries, marriages were arranged around political and financial goals for those in the higher echelons of a country. Often a child was engaged to an adult and the marriage is consummated when the child is of acceptable age. Discuss the following question using specific examples: Would you prefer to be of the wealthy class and have a life of privilege but have an arranged marriage to someone you detest, or would you prefer to be a peasant who worked in hard physical labor but was able to choose your spouse? Discuss the pros and cons of both situations and then explain why you would choose whichever you choose.
Essay Topic 3
In "Fugue in a Nursery: Prologue," it is obvious that Laurel and Ed end up together. Discuss one of the following topics in a well-developed essay using specific examples both from the text and any research you complete:
1. Compare and contrast the way a heterosexual versus a homosexual relationship might be different in the day to day living of it.
2. Discuss how the lack of legal rights may help or hinder a gay relationship. Should homosexual relationships enjoy the benefits of legality? Why or why not.
3. Compare and contrast the attitude towards homosexuals in the early sixties with the attitudes in the first decade of the 21st century.
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