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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. For how many months does Elliot reveal to Yazmin that his struggle with a severe addiction to pain medication lasted?
2. What year is the car ChutesAndLadders is trying to sell?
3. How much below Blue Book value does ChutesAndLadders say he is asking for his car?
4. When Elliot poses as Haikumom online and Orangutan asks for a poem, what question does Elliot type instead?
5. What is Haikumom's job?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the play's theme of the relationship between past and present play out in Scene Ten when three different events happen onstage simultaneously?
2. What is significant about Odessa/Haikumom's question to John/Fountainhead about whether his original crack dealer had been male or female?
3. How does Scene Eleven display characteristics of the plot arc phase of rising action?
4. How is the importance of human connection highlighted in Scene Thirteen when Clay/ChutesandLadders plans to meet Madeleine/Orangutan in Japan and John/Fountainhead reaches out to the other members of the Addiction Support forum from the hospital?
5. What is the significance of Odessa/Haikumom's choice to list John/Fountainhead as her emergency contact?
6. What is the significance of the water wings' presence on Clay/ChutesandLadders's desk?
7. What are the main tenets of Odessa/Haikumom's advice to John/Fountainhead when they meet for the first time in person at the diner?
8. After Elliot angrily tells the story of Mary Lou's death, what does Odessa/Haikumom do that foreshadows her coming relapse?
9. How does Elliot react to Odessa/Haikumom's claim that she does not have money to contribute for Ginny's funeral wreath?
10. What does the light represent within Scene Twelve when Madeleine/Orangutan is awakened on the train platform by the policeman's flashlight and Yazmin sees a light above Odessa/Haikumom?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the use of irony in the play Water by the Spoonful. How is irony used and how does its use shape the themes inherent in the play's narrative structure? Use concrete details from the play to prove your points.
Essay Topic 2
Explicate how the theme of redemption is presented within the play's narrative. Who is in need of redemption, who achieves redemption by the end of the play, and who needs to fall even further toward rock bottom in order to be eligible for redemption? Create a claim pertaining to the theme of redemption and back it up using concrete details from the play.
Essay Topic 3
Does Water by the Spoonful qualify as a humanist work of literature/theater? Why or why not? Support your claim with information about Humanism and with quotes from the play.
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