Function of Symbols: Fiction/Drama Practice Test

Read the following original drama excerpt.

Stage: A courthouse hallway. A vending machine hums. On a bench sits a cracked handheld mirror with a lipstick smear.

ELI: You brought that thing again.

SANA: It’s not a thing. It’s a witness.

ELI (glancing at his own reflection): It doesn’t show what matters.

SANA: It shows what you practice—looking away.

ELI: The crack makes my face look split.

SANA (picking it up): Maybe it’s only honest.

Which choice best explains the function of the cracked handheld mirror?

Consider the following original drama excerpt.

Stage: A hotel lobby. A bell that no one rings sits polished at the front desk.

CLERK: People used to ring it.

ZOE: Why don’t they?

CLERK: They learned to wait quietly.

ZOE: Or they learned no one comes.

CLERK (touching the bell): It’s loud for something so small.

What is the function of the bell that no one rings?