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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. Where does "Negro" tell people she lives?

2. An African-American man walks on stage in Part 2. What is he carrying?

3. What color dress does the woman Adrienne Kennedy refers to as "Negro" wear?

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

5. What does the Duchess bring to the Queen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sarah's father send her and why?

2. What did Sarah's father say his existence depends on and what does this mean?

3. What did the African-American man's father do to his mother? Why?

4. What does the Duchess tell Raymond about her father in Part 2?

5. Describe the Duchess and Queen Victoria the first time the audience sees them.

6. In Part 1, who does the audience learn is knocking?

7. How does Sarah describe the rooms around her?

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

9. Whose story does the African-American man tell in Part 3?

10. What does the white woman who crosses the stage in the white nightgown say the first time? What does she say the second time she crosses the stage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the central conflicts present in Adrienne Kennedy's play. Discuss the importance of this conflict and how it effects one character other then Sarah. How does this conflict help express the theme of racial identity? Site specific examples from the text to make your argument.

Essay Topic 2

What real world events influence Adrienne Kennedy? How does she incorporate world events into her play? Does she do so subtly or are they obvious? Choose one real event or person that influences Kennedy and discuss how it manifests itself in her play.

Essay Topic 3

How does the set of the play influence the audiences reaction to the play? How does the set influence the message the author is trying to convey? Site specific examples from the text.

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