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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. What does Berenger say he can't get used to in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

2. What does Jean begin to cry out for once he transitions to a rhinoceros in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

3. What is the old man named who appears in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

4. What does Berenger say that too much energy can unsettle in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

5. Who is Mr. Papillon?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Jean's state when Berenger arrives in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

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

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

5. What is the association between ethical morality and the rhinoceroses in Rhinoceros?

6. What does the housewife break in Act 1 of Rhinoceros? What is the grocer's suggestion?

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

8. What does Mrs. Boeuf realize about the rhinoceros in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros? What does she do?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Ionesco's uses of foreshadowing in Rhinoceros. What examples of foreshadowing are included in the Logician's conversation? What is foreshadowed in Act 2?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the syllogisms which the Logician presents in Act 1 of Rhinoceros. What is Ionesco saying through these examples? How do they tie to the play's themes?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Ionesco choose a rhinoceros as the creature which people evolve into in Rhinoceros? What symbolic statement is he saying through using this animal?

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