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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, "I have been invented for a photograph"?

2. Who says, "The girl who had never seen the ocean decided one day to see it"?

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

4. What does the Beauty Queen wear?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Women see in each other at the end of the play? What does the Girl do?

2. What does the Mother tell the Martyrs in Act 2?

3. What does Woman 3 do at the beginning of Act 2? What is her song about?

4. What will Don Jose do if his wife has a son?

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

6. What does the Man enter and ask the Martyrs about in Act 2? What is their response?

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

8. Who enters with the Priest? What do they do?

9. What does the Researcher suggest that his wife does? What is his reply?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the character of the Girl. What is the journey this character undergoes throughout the play? What are her actions? What influences this character?

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