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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. What song plays when Miss Commonwealth appears?

2. What do the women freeze in the style of after they complete their songs?

3. Who says, "I have been invented for a photograph"?

4. What does Maria la O complain is hurting her?

5. How many contests has the Beauty Queen won?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Chaperone give to the Senoritas? What do they do after this?

2. What does the Girl do after the Martyrs speak of their woes?

3. Who is the third contestant in the beauty pageant? What does she sing about? What has been her goal?

4. How does Catch Woman 3 use her eyes to attract a man?

5. How does the scene change after Miss Commonwealth exits?

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

7. How does Catch Woman 1 tell the Girl to get a man?

8. What happened to Senorita 3's sister?

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

10. What advice does the Mother/Mama tell the Girl about being a woman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Irony as a literary device in Beautiful Senoritas. What are the three types of irony? What are examples of each within the play? What does this device illuminate in terms of theme?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of the Midwife in Beautiful Senoritas. What does her monologue mean in Act 1, and how is this text reflective of Prida's themes in the play?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of "Complicity" in Beautiful Senoritas. What does this word mean? How are the characters complicit in the play? Why? How do they feel about their roles in society?

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