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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. Which characters are women in "Crave"?

2. Who dies in the ending of "Crave"?

3. What does the protagonist of "4.48 Psychosis" want to do?

4. What does the protagonist of "4.48 Psychosis" consider the truest thing she does?

5. Over breakfast, Billy comments on the ingredients of what in "Skin"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the character dynamic in the first half of "Crave." Who pursues who?

2. What does C discuss regarding men and sex in Part 2 of "Crave"?

3. What is the central theme of "Crave"? How does this relate to the other works in the anthology?

4. What does the play "4.48 Psychosis" begin with in its opening? What is the protagonist's objective?

5. In what state does the protagonist awaken in Part 2 of "4.48 Psychosis"?

6. What characters are central in the first half of "Crave"? What do they discuss?

7. Where do the skinheads cause a brawl in "Skin"? Where does Billy flee?

8. What is B's central role in "Crave"? What does he express in the ending?

9. Discuss the setting of "Crave." How does the setting evoke the play's themes?

10. Why is Grace beaten in Scene 10 of "Cleansed"? Who appears to her in this scene?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of mutilation in the play "Cleansed". How does this theme relate to the other plays in the anthology?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the plot structure of "Phaedra's Love". How traditional is the structure? Where is the exposition, rising action, climax and denouement?

Essay Topic 3

Define the literary and dramatic terms "objective," "obstacle," "action," and "conflict." How do each of these apply in Scene 2 in "Blasted"?

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