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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 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arrives looking for the person with the cockroach bites in scene "F" of "Snails"?
(a) Chona.
(b) Lutzky.
(c) Veronica.
(d) Molly.

2. For what play did Parks receive the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama?
(a) Topdog/Underdog.
(b) Locomotive.
(c) The Sinner's Place.
(d) In The Blood.

3. Who is speaking in scene "D" of "Snails"?
(a) The Naturalist.
(b) The policeman.
(c) The priest.
(d) The banker.

4. What is the first of four short plays anthologized under the title "Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom"?
(a) "Squirrels."
(b) "Serpents."
(c) "Sasquatch."
(d) "Snails."

5. In "Elements of Style" Parks suggests that form defines what, and vice versa?
(a) Genre.
(b) Reviews.
(c) Content.
(d) Emotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who defied her boss' efforts to get her to speak properly in scene "A" of "Snails"?

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

3. What is Molly's name in scene "F" of "Snails"?

4. What refers to a musical tradition and style of music that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions?

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

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