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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 does Jean say he would put in the place of moral standards in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Judgment.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Love.
(d) Nature.

2. Who does Berenger tell Jean he thinks Daisy is attracted to in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Papillon.
(b) Botard.
(c) Dudard.
(d) Jean.

3. What is Jean doing in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Drinking pastis.
(b) Laying in bed.
(c) Reading the newspaper.
(d) Working.

4. Who does Berenger say was right about the horns of the rhinoceroses in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Jean.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Both of them.
(d) Berenger.

5. Who does the Logician say must be a cat, because of logic in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Plato.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Berenger come to tell Jean in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

2. What does Jean say that Berenger reeks of in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

3. Whose birthday was Berenger out celebrating the night before in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

4. Who acts as Deputy-Head where Berenger works?

5. How old is Dudard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the logician teaching his friend in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

2. Who does Daisy call in the end of Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros? Why?

3. Who runs into the office in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros? Why?

4. What is Berenger's reaction to the first rhinoceros in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

5. What argument breaks out about the rhinoceroses in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

6. What is Mr. Papillon's reaction to Mr. Boeuf's transformation?

7. How does Ionesco connect rhinoceros ideology to that of fascism in Rhinoceros?

8. What is Berenger's argument against the rhinoceroses in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

9. What correlation does Ionesco make between capitalism and rhinoceroses in the play Rhinoceros?

10. How is the appearance of a Rhinoceros presented to the audience in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

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