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The document contains worksheets for Act II of the play 'Arsenic and Old Lace', detailing character actions, plot points, and humorous elements. It includes questions about character interactions, motivations, and the comedic irony present in the dialogue. The worksheets aim to facilitate understanding of the act's events and themes.

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Arsenic_Act_II (1)

The document contains worksheets for Act II of the play 'Arsenic and Old Lace', detailing character actions, plot points, and humorous elements. It includes questions about character interactions, motivations, and the comedic irony present in the dialogue. The worksheets aim to facilitate understanding of the act's events and themes.

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Name
ARSENIC & OLD LACE Worksheets
Date
Arsenic and Old Lace - Act II
When does Act II take place?
. What characters are on stage at the
start of Act II?
. Who closed the curtains?
Why did
this person close the curtains?
Teddy thinks Einstein is the
Panama is in the . Why does
Jonathan stiffen?
Tomorrow Einstein will be performing
surgery on
What's so funny about Abby saying, "What would the neighbors think?"

Abby is referring to
when she tells Teddy there is another yellow
fever victim. Jonathan wants
and to
go to bed. Abby and Martha want
and
to go to bed. Einstein and Jonathan use
so they can see in the dark.
When Jonathan on the
, Einstein is supposed to open it.
Einstein falls in the because
left it open.
When knocks on the door, Einstein
has to hide in
the
window seat. Jonathan tries to figure out where Einstein put
What is Jonathan afraid Elaine saw?

Teddy thinks Elaine is his


, named
arrives back at the
house. Mortimer is surprised to see his aunts
dressed in all clothes. Why are they
dressed this way?

When Einstein says he'll sleep on the


tells them he'll sleep there instead. Martha picks up
shoe. When Elaine says,
"I've almost been killed", Mortimer assumes she means by
and
. What is Mortimer referring to when he says,
"It's just a matter of time"

Arsenic and Old Lace, 3


Who used to scalp the Indians?
. What does Mortimer mean when he says,
"There's another one!"
What's so ironic about Elaine saying, "Oh, Mortimer, there are plenty of others."

Mortimer assumes his


killed Mr. Spenalzo. Abby will murder 12 people,
but she won't "stoop to telling a..."
. How does Mortimer figure
out who killed Mr. Spenalzo?

Officer O'Hara was born in


. What was his mother doing
before and after his birth?
O'Hara moved the
. Martha left, to the downstage end of the table.
O'Hara is an officer and a
. Why is it funny that O'Hara says,
"...it was fate my walking in here tonight?"

When Mortimer says he wants Jonathan to take "everything" with him when he leaves,
he's
referring to
. Einstein means
when
he refers to an "ace in the hole." Mortimer and O'Hara agree to meet at
after O'Hara rings in. Einstein says Jonathan can't count the one in South Bend
because hepeople. At the very end of the act,
. Abby and Martha are as good as Jonathan at
has very bad timing.
Jonathan and the Brewster
sisters have killed the same number of people,
should they be punished in the same way for
their crimes? Support you answer.

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