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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Suzan-Lori Parks born?
(a) Springfield, Illinois.
(b) St. Louis, Missouri.
(c) Fort Knox, Kentucky.
(d) Nashville, Tennessee.

2. In "Elements of Style" Parks suggests that the use of language involves what?
(a) The throat.
(b) The entire body.
(c) Grammatical understanding.
(d) Emotional density.

3. In "Elements of Style," Parks suggests that every playwright begin by asking why a story needs to be what?
(a) Expressed in the form of a play.
(b) Told in detail.
(c) Put on display.
(d) Shared with others.

4. In "Snail," scene "C," Molly announces her decision to not make a career out of what?
(a) Begging.
(b) Blackmail.
(c) Being down and out.
(d) Hopelessness.

5. Who tells the others to line up and calls out "Land Ho!" in the ending of "Third Kingdom"?
(a) Shark-Seer.
(b) Over-Seer.
(c) Kin-Seer.
(d) Soul-Seer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is watching "Wild Kingdom" in scene "F" of "Snails"?

2. What is the speaker at the podium referred to as in scene "B" of "Snails"?

3. Who is being observed by a cardboard cockroach in "Snails"?

4. What title of a play in the collection was derived from a phrase in a half-waking dream of the author's?

5. What term is used to refer to African American Vernacular English, asserting the independence of this from (standard) English?

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