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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3, Betting on the Dust Commander.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mare urge Lucius to do in scene "B" of "Betting on the Dust Commander"?
(a) Stay home.
(b) Go to church.
(c) Mow the lawn.
(d) Go to the movies.

2. 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) Shared with others.
(d) Put on display.

3. In "An Equation for Black People Onstage" Parks writes, "The bulk of relationships Black people are engaged in onstage is the relationship between the Black and the" what?
(a) "Female other."
(b) "White other."
(c) "White lifestyle."
(d) "White perspective."

4. What word refers to that made conspicuous by excellence; noted; eminent; famous?
(a) Recognition.
(b) Presidential.
(c) Superior.
(d) Distinguished.

5. When scene "B" of "Betting on the Dust Commander" repeats itself, the flowers are different how?
(a) They are colorful.
(b) They are gray.
(c) They are dead.
(d) They are fresh.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In her opening essays, what does Parks define as "the holding or having of something of one's own"?

3. Who describes how important it is for everyone in the family to have a clean, pressed appearance in scene "B" of "Greeks (or the Slugs)"?

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

5. What man does Aretha tell to be patient in scene "A" of "Open House"?

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