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Summer of the Seventeenth Doll quiz

10questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. Who wrote Summer of the Seventeenth Doll?

  2. What seasonal ritual structures the lives of the central characters?

  3. What recurring symbol does Barney bring down from Queensland each summer for Olive?

  4. What does Roo do to the seventeenth doll in Act III?

  5. Why does Olive refuse Roo's proposal of marriage?

  6. Which dramatic convention best describes Lawler's handling of setting and time?

  7. What off-stage event has weakened Roo's standing within the gang?

  8. Which character functions as a genteel widow whose refusal of Barney reveals what the ritual requires?

  9. Which two prequels did Lawler later write to form the Doll Trilogy?

  10. Why is it a mistake to read the play as solely a tragedy of masculinity?