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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Conrad suggest to take over the world?
2. How does Kreton show his mental powers to Ellen?
3. How much time passes between acts?
4. What has Kreton's race given up, along with the appendix?
5. What topic do Kreton and the cat discuss at the beginning of Act II?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Set design is imperative in conveying a specific sense of time and place within any play. Choose one of the following to discuss.
1. Choose one particular room in the set design. Explain all elements of the set, including the props, and explain how those elements are used to describe both the time and the place of the play.
2. Go through each room in the set, and choose one piece in each room that, alone, could convey a sense of time and space. What is the element? How does it function as an indicator of time and space? What else could it represent?
Essay Topic 2
In the play, Kreton is treated by the government as property, and told he is to function as a weapon. However, Kreton admits he is a mammal, for all intensive purposes, and it is clear he is a living, thinking individual.
Part 1. Discuss how Kreton's ability to limit his emotions could help him function as a weapon of the United States. Conversely, without emotion, discuss how Kreton could function against his purpose as a weapon. Be sure to use elements of Kreton's personality as presented in the play in your answer.
Part 2. Do you think the use of a living, thinking mammal as a possession and a weapon is a moral thing to do? Why or why not? Be sure to include elements of the play in your answer.
Essay Topic 3
The role of women in "modern" society is another theme that runs throughout the novel. Reba and Ellen play two drastically different characters in the play, and Vidal seems to be representing two sides of the same coin with their behaviors. Compare and contrast the roles of Ellen and Reba to discover their representation of women in the novel. What are their reactions to things? Why do they react the way they do? What does this say about their representation of women? Do their behaviors change? Why or why not?
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