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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What game do the characters play at the end of the play?
2. In Poem Two, how does the poem's main character feel after she and her friends had a lot to drink, danced, and got sexy?
3. What does each character do before anyone starts to speak?
4. What event is Poem Two about?
5. What does Poem Six say has changed about the social circles in which women seek companionship?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the imagery and language in Poem Nineteen. Describe the rage in Poem Nineteen.
2. Describe the language used in Poem Nine.
3. What clue(s) does the playwright provide to the audience so that they know Poem One is about African American women?
4. Why does the lady in brown open and close the play?
5. What is the theme of Poem Three? How is this a theme of the poem?
6. Describe Poem Two.
7. How are the poems in Sequence Two linked to each other?
8. How does the final poem sum up the dramatic and thematic journey of the play?
9. Describe the poetic imagery in Poem Seven.
10. What do the final lines of the play represent?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the playwright use sexuality and sensuality to describe the differences that exist between African American women and women of other races? Why does the author use sexuality and sensuality to show differences between women of different races? Please use specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Shange writes about the African American woman's struggle to find her own identity in the United States. Based on the play, how do African American women discover their identity? What journey do they have to take in order to gain their identity? Is their identity already there and they just have to "rediscover" it? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
What is the significance of music and dance in the play, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf? How is music and dance used in the play? Please use specific examples from the book.
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