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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 has Berenger come to tell Jean in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?
(a) He's leaving town.
(b) Work is canceled.
(c) He's sorry.
(d) He's forgiven.

2. What does Jean say he doesn't believe in in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Religion.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Illness.
(d) Friendship.

3. Whose birthday was Berenger out celebrating the night before in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Antoine.
(b) Philippe.
(c) Auguste.
(d) Pierre.

4. What does Jean insist they never had in his family in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Love.
(b) Bruises.
(c) Bumps.
(d) Money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jean berate Berenger for when they meet in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

2. What does Jean say to Berenger in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

3. What does Jean do during the argument with Berenger in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Jean's transformation in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros a voluntary one? Why or why not?

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

3. Why does Mr. Papillon ask about Mr. Boeuf in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros?

4. What about the rhinoceroses is discovered in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

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

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

7. Whose presence startles Berenger in Act 1 of Rhinoceros? How does he react? Why?

8. How does Ionesco illuminate Berenger's drinking problem in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

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

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

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