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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. With what does George say he is preoccupied?

2. What is Martha doing for Honey at the beginning of Act 2?

3. Why did George run the History Department for four years?

4. What attribute of Nick and Honey's does George comment on as they ring the doorbell?

5. From what age have Honey and Nick known each other?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is George's reasoning that his son hates Martha?

2. What does Nick realize about George and Martha's son?

3. Describe university politics as explained by George.

4. What happened to George's school friend who killed his mother?

5. How does the relationship between George and Martha seem different when he returns home?

6. What does George do at the end of Martha's boxing story?

7. Describe George's "party games" bit.

8. What is the room's reaction to George's claims that Nick plans to alter the world's chromosomes?

9. How does George set Martha up for embarrassment as he opens the door?

10. Describe George and Martha's bit involving a kiss.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Three times in the play, Honey is reduced to tears or gets sick. Write a paragraph about each of these breakdowns - one in each act - and how, together, they signify the yielding of social grace and denial to the reality of a desperate, helpless life.

Essay Topic 2

Nick and Honey are, in many ways, representations of George and Martha at a younger age. They are more hopeful and idealistic about the future. Write an essay about this topic:

Part 1) Nick and George discuss, at length, the possibility of Nick taking over the university. How does the cocky optimism of Nick represent the same ambitions that George had at his age?

Part 2) How does Honey's desire for a child and her history with conception mirror that of Martha?

Part 3) Which relationship do you believe knows more about each other?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about George's unpublished book. How has George taken a real event from his life, fictionalized it, and then recreated it in has life as a separate event? What does this say about him as a character?

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