Theme in "Master Harold"...and the boys

What theme does the following quote best express?
HALLY: Order him to get back into bed at once! If he's going to behave like a child, treat him like one. 

• Race
• Violence
• Coming of age
• Education

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Which of the following quotes best expresses the theme of race?

• HALLY: They bloody well deserve what they get. 
• HALLY: Life is just a plain bloody mess, that's all. And people are fools. 
• HALLY: My mom says that when you're finished with the floors you must do the windows.
• HALLY: Don't misunderstand me, chaps. 

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Which of the following quotes from page 22 best expresses the theme of coming of age?

• HALLY: Anybody who thinks there's nothing wrong with this world needs to have his head examined.
• HALLY: If there is a God who created this world, he should scrap it and try again.
• HALLY: I'm not in the mood for games this afternoon. 
• HALLY: Please, Sam! Just leave me alone and let me get on with it.

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Which theme does the following quote best express? 
HALLY: How am I supposed to concentrate with the two of you behaving like bloody children?

• Coming of age
• Violence
• Race
• Education

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Which theme does the following quote best express?
HALLY: But what really makes me bitter is that I allow you chaps a little freedom in here when business is bad and what do you do with it?

• Education
• Coming of age
• Violence
• Race

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Which of the following quotes from page 36 best represents the theme of coming of age?

• SAM: If you really want to know, that's why I made you that kite. I wanted you to look up, be proud of something, of yourself
• SAM: You hadn't done anything wrong, but you went around as if you owed the world an apology for being alive. I didn't like seeing that! That's not the way a boy grows up to be a man!
• SAM: Then I loaded him up on my back like a baby and carried him back to the boarding house with you following behind carrying his crutches.
• SAM: But he's your father. You love him and you're ashamed of him.

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Which theme does the following quote best express?
SAM: Hally…I've got no right to tell you what being a man means if I don't behave like one myself, and I'm not doing so well at that this afternoon. 

• Education
• Race
• Violence
• Coming of age

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Which of the following quotes from page 33 best expresses the theme of race?

• HALLY: Just get on with your bloody work and shut up. 
• HALLY: It's your turn to be careful, Sam. Very careful!
• HALLY: You're only a servant in here, and don't forget it. 
• HALLY: Well, this time you've gone too far. 

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Which of the following quotes from page 36 expresses both themes in the play?

• SAM: It was a "Whites Only" bench. You were too young, too excited to notice then. But not anymore.
• SAM: Long trousers now, but he's still little boy. 
• SAM: It would have been so simple if you could have just despised him for being a weak man. 
• SAM: Then I loaded him onto my back like a baby and carried him back to the boarding house. 

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How does Hally's character change to Master Harold reflect the theme in the play?

• It shows how his friendship with Willie and Sam has helped him grow up. 
• It shows how despite the way Sam and Willie have cared for him, he can't escape the attitudes towards race present in his culture. 
• It shows how he doesn't feel loved by his father. 
• It shows how Hally feels that he has to preserve his status of being superior to Willie and Sam. 

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