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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. How many nights has Lily Dale gone without sleep?

2. How are relations between Will and Lily Dale as of Carson's arrival?

3. What does Lily Dale say she wishes Bill could see?

4. How long does the doctor say it will be before Will can return to work?

5. What does Lily Dale say Bill would ask her the minute he got home for Christmas?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it particularly painful for Will that Tom is replacing him?

2. What is the difference between Will and his brother?

3. How does Lily Dale say she knew for sure the young man was lying?

4. What happens at the end of the scene to send Will into the fury that leads to his heart attack?

5. How does Will say he started off at Sunshine Produce?

6. Why does will say he thinks the banks of Houston are running disappointment clubs?

7. Why does Will want such a big house for only two people?

8. Describe Will's late son.

9. In what way does Will discover that he has been foolish?

10. How does Will claim to have gotten Ted's dad to vote Republican for the first time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Will begins the play as a wealthy and professionally successful man. He ends the play quite differently. Write an essay illuminating the nature of Will's transformation. How do the external changes in Will's life shape him on the inside?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Will Kidder with another tragic character you have encountered in drama or literature (Willy Loman, for example). Compare and contrast the qualities of the these characters. How is Will's tragic fall classic. In what ways is it totally unique?

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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