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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What repeatedly sounds during the play The Chairs?
(a) The smoke alarm.
(b) The doorbell.
(c) The clock.
(d) The dog barking.

2. All of the characters, except who, could wear masks in Jack, or The Submission?
(a) Jacqueline.
(b) Roberta I.
(c) Jack.
(d) Mother Jack.

3. How many does the old man tell the colonel he killed at war in The Chairs?
(a) 209.
(b) 300.
(c) 100.
(d) 450.

4. What does the old woman say her son accused them of killing in The Chairs?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Cats.
(c) Horses.
(d) Birds.

5. What do the old woman and old man claim his job to be in The Chairs?
(a) General contractor.
(b) General factotum.
(c) Socialist endeavorist.
(d) Engineering manager.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Chairs. who is the second guest who arrives?

2. What do the old man and old woman run out of in The Chairs?

3. Jack exclaims upon seeing Roberta's face that it's not enough--he wants one with what?

4. Who has the old man hired in The Chairs?

5. The old man says to Belle, "will you be my Isolde and let me be your _____?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jack's reaction upon seeing Roberta II?

2. What story does the old man tell the old woman in The Chairs? How does it end?

3. Describe the opening images of The Chairs.

4. What are Jack's first words? What leads up to this?

5. How does Roberta II seduce Jack?

6. Describe the absurdism of Grandmother and Grandfather Jack.

7. Describe the opening scene of Jack, or The Submission.

8. Describe the basic plot of Jack, or The Submission.

9. What is the meaning of the end of Jack, or The Submission?

10. How is the absurdism different in The Chairs than the other plays?

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