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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. What does Joseph call Slake when he says Joseph's wife knows ISeeU?

2. What kind of officials are Slake and McAlvane?

3. What word does Astrakhan use for backdoor?

4. What city did Emma call from?

5. What kind of remark was Joanne afraid Francis would say if she said something about Joseph?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the telephone call Joseph makes reveal about his situation?

2. Why does Astrakhan say he first wrote the short story?

3. Summarize the play.

4. What information does Joseph have about Joanne's affair with Astrakhan?

5. Why is Joanne so wild in the fourth scene and more restrained in others?

6. What does Astrakhan say about himself in scene two?

7. What does Astrakhan say about memory?

8. Why do computer manufacturers leave entrance ways open?

9. What reason does Joanne give for marrying Francis?

10. Why does Joseph think it is near impossible to prove Astrakhan is guilty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the characters Joseph and Astrakhan.

1. What is their relationship to each other?

2. How are their ideas about life different?

3. How do their differences prove to be destructive?

Essay Topic 2

Replace the play's setting with one of the following settings:

1. Mexico.

2. USA.

3. Spain.

What new meaning would the new setting give the book? How important is setting for developing meaning in a story?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of the following people and outline their influence on Joseph's life:

1. Astrakhan.

2. Anabel.

3. Joanne.

4. Emma.

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