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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does George do with his book in the last moment of Act 2?
2. Which of the following is not among the descriptors George uses to describe Martha during this section?
3. Which of the following is not something to which Martha compares herself in her Act 3 monologue?
4. How does George silence Martha as she protests the game?
5. What is the Western Union courier's name?
Essay Topic 1
In Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? playful objects became emotional weapons. Write an essay about how each of the following items generally associated with play and kindness become hurtful:
Part 1) The toy gun
Part 2) The record player
Part 3) The flowers
Essay Topic 2
The collapse of inhibitions - mostly, but not exclusively, as a result of drink - is a key driver of action in the play. Write an essay about the disappearance of inhibitions as time goes on:
Part 1) Examine the character of Honey. How is the entirety of her character arc a breaking down of inhibitions leading to her final admission in Act 3.
Part 2) How does the relationship between Nick and Martha change over the course of the play as a result of the breaking down of inhibitions?
Part 3) How is George's revelation about his child the ultimate collapse of his and Martha's inhibitions?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about George and Martha's fictitious son, detailing how you believe they have used him as a weapon. Frame your essay by discussing three specific stories about him from the text. Be sure to mention who told the story, and whether the other contradicted it.
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