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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. Who says, "In Managua, in San Juan, in an Andes mountain town. She'll be put on a pedestal and trampled upon at the same time"?

2. Why doesn't Miss Commonwealth have a boyfriend yet?

3. What does the Girl make her face up to look like in Act 1?

4. What is one of the titles the Beauty Queen has won?

5. What song plays when Miss Commonwealth appears?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Guerrillera tell the Martyrs? What does she convince them to do?

2. What does the Girl conclude about being a woman in the end of the play?

3. Who is the second contestant in the beauty pageant? Where is she from?

4. What does one of the Women say about songs and movies, and how they taught her to be a woman?

5. What story does Senorita 2 tell about the Man?

6. What does Maria la O do in her scene? What does she complain about?

7. What does Martyr 1 tell the Girl about?

8. What do the Senoritas and the Nun do when one of the Senoritas confesses to going "all the way"?

9. Why does the girl who Miss Commonwealth speaks of always smile?

10. What does the Mother tell her Son she hopes for him? What does he reply?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting and characters in Beautiful Senoritas. Why is the staging designed as it is? What freedom does this permit the actors? What is the meaning of the lack of character names? What effect does this have? How does it relate to the themes of the play?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the elements of the play that relate to Latino culture in particular as a patriarchal society, as opposed to North American culture. What differences in Latino culture make it more difficult for women to achieve equality? How is this presented in the play?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the genre of Allegory. What characteristics of Beautiful Senoritas are reflective of Allegory? Who do the characters represent? Why?

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