AMERICAN DREAMS  
TEST THREE
(FRANCO)

Answer four of the following questions: 

  1. Discuss one of Langston Hugh’s poems in terms of its treatment of the “American dream."
  2. Discuss the role of music in “Sonny’s Blues.”
  1. Discuss the relationship between the grandmother and the Misfit in “A Good Man Is Hard to Find.”
  1. In Death of A Salesman, how does Willy define success?  How does Biff redefine success by the end of the play?
  1. Discuss Rockwell or Frank in terms of what characteristics of America he represented in his works.
  1. Relate the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” to the civil rights movement.
  1. How does Oates represent the American family and society in "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been"?
  1. How does Silko portray the relations between the Eskimos and the white people in “Storyteller”?