Funnyhouse of a Negro Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Adrienne Kennedy
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Funnyhouse of a Negro Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Adrienne Kennedy
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the object around "Negro's" neck symbolize?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Lynching.
(c) Religion.
(d) The cold climate.

2. What does the Duchess think her father wants to do to her?
(a) Murder her.
(b) Touch her like he did her mother.
(c) Take her to dinner.
(d) Send her away.

3. Who does the African-American man that walks on stage represent?
(a) Sarah's father.
(b) Sarah's son.
(c) Sarah's brother.
(d) Sarah's boyfriend.

4. Where does "Negro" tell people she lives?
(a) A large house.
(b) The streets.
(c) A farm.
(d) A small apartment.

5. Who does the African American man refer to himself as?
(a) Patty O'Gill.
(b) Patrice Frank.
(c) Leonard Nemoy.
(d) Patrice Lumumba.

6. Where does the Duchess say her mother is?
(a) In a retirement home.
(b) In hell.
(c) In an asylum.
(d) In heaven.

7. What is symbolic about what the Duchess is losing?
(a) She is sexually confused.
(b) She is shedding her African American traits.
(c) She is becoming a hippie.
(d) She is leaving capitalist society.

8. What does the white woman do as she walks across the stage?
(a) She screams.
(b) She sobs.
(c) She mumbles.
(d) She laughs.

9. What does the Duchess bring to the Queen?
(a) A bag of hair.
(b) A plate of food.
(c) A bag of clothes.
(d) A blanket.

10. Where was the person the African-American man dreamed about sitting?
(a) On a bed.
(b) On the floor.
(c) On a beach.
(d) On a chair.

11. What does the Landlady repeatedly do?
(a) Scream.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Shout.
(d) Cry.

12. Who is Raymond?
(a) A white man.
(b) A Latino man.
(c) An Asian man.
(d) A black man.

13. What did the Duchess' father do to her mother?
(a) He married her.
(b) He divorced her.
(c) He raped her.
(d) He killed her.

14. What does "Negro" wear around her neck?
(a) A crucifix necklace.
(b) A scarf.
(c) A noose.
(d) A tie.

15. What are the hairpieces that the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria wear made of?
(a) Long red hair.
(b) Straight blonde hair.
(c) Wild, curly black hair.
(d) Straight black hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes "Negro" to lose her hair?

2. What is heard throughout the scene with the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria?

3. What do the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria wear on their faces?

4. What is the Duchess afraid of in Part 2?

5. What does Sarah claim she used to kill her father?

(see the answer keys)

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