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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. Before leaving at the end of Scene 8, what does Ledesma promise he will do to Daisy?
2. Who -not at the scene of the assassination - starts crying in Scene 17?
3. Where is Santos in Scene 16?
4. What special room in Alacran's room does Scene 6 take place in?
5. What does "ka" mean?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Daisy Avila doing when she is arrested in Scene 4?
2. Describe the assassination of Senator Avila at the end of Act I.
3. Why is Lolita Luna worried in Scene 6?
4. How does Imelda describe herself at the end of Scene 10?
5. What does Senator Avila tell Daisy in his soliloquy in Scene 16?
6. What do the NPA guerrillas feel about Joey in Scene 11?
7. In what state is Daisy Avila in Scene 16?
8. How does Rio react to news of the assassination in Scene 1?
9. What spectral occurrence happens in Scene 1?
10. How does Uncle betray Joey in Scene 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The country of the Philippines is the primary character of Dogeaters, and it undergoes many changes as a political climate turns bloody. Write a three part essay about the transition the Philippines undergoes:
Part 1) Describe the Philippines at the beginning of the play. How do the Marcoses rule it, and what is the coal structure like? Discuss how the colonial history of the country has shaped Philippine society.
Part 2) The catalyzing event of Dogeaters is the murder of Senator Avila. Why is Avila murdered? How does the populace respond to the assassination? Discuss if and how Philippine society is changed by this upheaval.
Part 3) Discuss the state of the Philippines at the end of the play. What has changes in the sociopolitical climate, and what is the same as it was before? What cumulative effect did the coup have?
Essay Topic 2
The narrative of Dogeaters is based on actual historical events that took place in Manila, but Jessica Hagedorn intermingles fiction and fact in the play. Write an essay about this intermingling. What elements of the play - characters, settings, events - are factual, and what is dramatic invention? How do the fictional elements serve the historical truth Hagedorn is trying to impart?
Essay Topic 3
The world of Manila in Dogeaters is one in which everything and everyone is for sale. In an essay, chart Rainer Fassbinder's experience in the city as an illustration of this. What does Fassbinder buy with his western dollars over the course of the play? Who does he exploit and what does he damage in the process? Discuss how someone like Fassbinder rationalizes this exploitation.
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