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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Fatt ask to stop the talkative Voice?
2. What animal does Sid compare himself to?
3. From what location does the Voice challenge Clayton?
4. Why is Benjamin upset when he first arrives at Dr. Barnes' office?
5. What is Clayton's reaction to the workers' rejection of him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Joe and Edna, and Sid and Florence experience emotional and social side effects from the economic situation the workers are facing in the play. How do these side effects manifest in their personal relationships?
Essay Topic 2
The first character introduced in the play is Fatt, who is described a certain way. Discuss the symbolic meaning for this character's name and appearance in relation to the situations in the play. Compare and contrast Fatt with Joe. How do you imagine Joe to look, and why use the name Joe? Whom do these two characters stand for? Who is the protagonist? The antagonist? What evidence supports your claims?
Essay Topic 3
There is a saying that charity begins at home. Yet, in this play, charity seems to have succumbed to a hardness and harshness. How do you define charity in its broadest sense? How do you explain the near absence of charity in the lives of the characters, if you see it as absent? What does charity do for the giver and receiver? What prices do individuals and society pay when charity disappears or becomes minimal?
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