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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 Lily Dale ask Pete when Will leaves to get dressed for his trip to the bank?
2. Why does Carson say Bill was well named?
3. What does Carson tell Pete about the picture of Bill that Will and Lily Dale have?
4. What is the last thing Will says to Tom?
5. Upon discovering Lily Dale has gone downtown, what does Will guess she is doing?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Will refuse to go outside and speak to the young man from Atlanta?
2. How is it that Pete decides to take a trip to Atlanta?
3. How does Will's meeting at the Bank go?
4. What is the rest of the Mary Cunningham story?
5. How does the young man from Atlanta get Lily Dale to talk to him?
6. How does Will feel about his conversation with Ted, Jr. once he gets home?
7. After recounting his meeting at the bank, Will lies down on the sofa and closes his eyes. How is he interrupted?
8. What conversation about Bill do Will and Lily Dale finally have?
9. What holds up Pete and Carson momentarily as they are leaving for Atlanta?
10. How does Pete convince Lily Dale that it is okay for Will to go to the bank?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA takes place in Houston in the spring of 1950. Why is the time period important? What are some of the prevailing social themes of this decade? How do they support the action of the play?
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
Write an essay examining the theme of deception in THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA. Address the following:
1) The ways in which Lily Dale deceives Will.
2) The ways in which Will deceives Lily Dale.
3) They ways in which the young man from Atlanta deceives everyone.
How does Foote employ this theme to keep the story moving a ratchet up dramatic tension?
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