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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's the name of Carson's oldest sister?
2. Who does Will say is the only person in whom he can confide?
3. What kind of person does Will feel he is at heart?
4. How does Will justify the immense cost of his new house?
5. Carson brings along a picture of who?
Short Essay Questions
1. How are Will and Lily Dale's attitudes toward religion different?
2. How does Lily Dale respond to being deceived by the young man from Atlanta?
3. Describe Will's late son.
4. What does Lily Dale learn about Bill's religiousness from the young man from Atlanta?
5. Why does will say he thinks the banks of Houston are running disappointment clubs?
6. How do we know it is odd for Pete to be unable to sleep?
7. Describe Will's display of pride at the end of the scene.
8. How does Will say he started off at Sunshine Produce?
9. Who is the young man from Atlanta?
10. What does Will say to Pete to convince him to loan his life savings?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Frequently in the THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA, Lily Dale will reveal new and dramatic information to Clara in confidence, and then, pages later, other characters will discover the information. Write an essay exploring the relationship between Clara and Lily Dale. In what ways are they equals? In what ways are they not? How does Foote use this relationship to move the story forward and increase dramatic tension?
Essay Topic 2
Who is Lily Dale? What drives her? What makes her sweet and charming one minute and perfectly self-centered the next? How does she contribute to Will's downfall?
Essay Topic 3
Explore the relationship between Will and Lily Dale Kidder in THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA. How does their relationship change over the course of the play? What events precipitate this change? How are Will and Lily Dale each different at the end of the play? In what ways are they the same?
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