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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 Berenger say is superior to the rhinoceros in Act 3 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Morals.
(b) Woman.
(c) Love.
(d) Man.

2. What do the Roberts offer the Jacques in The Future is in the Eggs?
(a) Cupcakes.
(b) Condolences.
(c) Cheescake.
(d) Bread.

3. Who does Mother-Jacques say is always her consolidation in The Future is in the Eggs?
(a) Jacqueline.
(b) Father-Robert.
(c) Mother-Robert.
(d) Father-Jacques.

4. Where does Dudard go when he leaves Berenger and Daisy in Act 3 of Rhinoceros?
(a) To join the herd.
(b) To his apartment.
(c) To the police.
(d) To work.

5. What does Girl-Friend call Young Lover in The Leader?
(a) Adolphe.
(b) Berenger.
(c) Pierre.
(d) Jean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dudard claims that Botard's stand against the rhinoceroses was simplistic and based on what?

2. Who repeatedly runs across the stage in The Leader?

3. What does the Announcer say that the leader swore in The Leader?

4. Who offers the leader a bouquet of flowers in The Leader?

5. What kind of news does Father-Jacques tell Jacques he has for him in The Future is in the Eggs?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Berenger different than the other characters in Rhinoceros?

2. Where do the women take Roberta in The Future is in the Eggs? What takes place there?

3. In what ways does The Leader resemble Rhinoceros? How are the plays different?

4. Why is the setting for The Leader established as it is?

5. What are some of the elements of Theater of the Absurd which are seen in The Leader?

6. What do the families do to get the attention of Jacques and Roberta in The Future is in the Eggs?

7. What does Roberta's father bring from the kitchen in The Future is in the Eggs?

8. What does Jacques's family inform him of in The Future is in the Eggs? What is his reaction?

9. Who enters to explain the death of Grandfather in The Future is in the Eggs?

10. What do the family members represent symbolically in The Future is in the Eggs?

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