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

Adrienne Kennedy
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

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

Adrienne Kennedy
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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. How does the African-American man speak about his life?
(a) In song.
(b) Negatively.
(c) With joy.
(d) Positively.

2. Who is making the noise that the the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria hear throughout the scene?
(a) The Duchess' father.
(b) The Queens' father.
(c) Sarah.
(d) The Landlady.

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

4. What color does "Negro" believe to be the color of evil?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the African-American man that walks on stage represent?

2. What does the Duchess ask Raymond to do?

3. Why do the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria feel bound to the Duchess' father?

4. How does Sarah claim she killed her father?

5. What does the audience realize the white woman is muttering as she crosses the stage a second time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of "Negro."

2. What is the symbolism behind the new setting in Part 5?

3. What does the Duchess look like at the start of Part 2?

4. Who was the African-American man's grandmother against her son marrying?

5. Who does Jesus believe his father is?

6. How does the lighting in Part 5 change the setting?

7. What emotions does the Duchess feel towards her father?

8. What is symbolic about the mask the African-American man carries on stage?

9. What happened when Sarah's father went to visit her?

10. Whose point of view do the characters on stage begin to speak from? What do they say?

(see the answer keys)

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