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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. Orangutan's comment to Fountainhead after he announces his relapse is that maybe he will make it to Day 30 of sobriety if he takes what action?

2. How does Fountainhead damage his car while he is high on crack?

3. In what country was Orangutan born?

4. At what college does Yazmin teach?

5. How many days of sobriety does Orangutan announce she has when she comes back online after a long absence?

Short Essay Questions

1. What new information does the audience learn about John/Fountainhead within Scene 6 during his second appearance on the Addiction Support forum?

2. What do the stage directions say the actors should be doing while chatting online with one another?

3. In return for agreeing to deliver Ginny's eulogy, what does Yazmin ask Elliot to do for her?

4. How does Odessa/Haikumom handle her job as site administrator and what are her duties?

5. What is ironic about Elliot's comment upon Ginny's death when he says that Odessa/Haikumom is shutting herself off from the world?

6. How does John/Fountainhead differ from all of the other characters in the play?

7. What is the significance of the Ghost breathing on Elliot at the end of Scene 6 and knocking him down?

8. What does Yazmin say is the reason for her divorce from William and how does that reason reflect a theme of the play?

9. What is the reason for Clay/ChutesandLadders' surprise at Madeleine/Orangutan's appearance in the Addiction Support forum in Scene Two?

10. What is ironic about Yazmin's purported hatred of public speaking?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the playwright's use of light as a motif within the play Water by the Spoonful. How is the motif used and what messages are sent through the scenes in which the motif appears? Back up your points with quotes from the play.

Essay Topic 2

How does the existence of two co-protagonists in the characters of Elliot and Yazmin mesh with the play's overall themes and messages? Create a clear and specific claim that states the playwright's purpose in presenting the audience with two protagonists, rather than just one. Use concrete details from the play to support your claim.

Essay Topic 3

Study the final scene of the play, Scene 15, and use it to determine the playwright's main message to the audience. What does she want the audience to realize by the end of that scene and how does she get that message across in a clear yet symbolic fashion? Use concrete details from the final scene and from elsewhere in the play in order to support your claim.

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