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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Daughter ask the Mother for permission to do?

2. When does Senorita 2 say the Man sat at the bar across the street drinking beer?

3. Who does the MC announce as the winner of the pageant?

4. Who won't let the Girl dance with the Man?

5. Who says, "I look for myself and I can't find me. I only find someone else's idea of me"?

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

Compare and contrast the disparity of gender roles and expectations presented in the play. How are these exemplified in the text? In which scenes? Which characters are representative of these inequalities?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the ways in which the characters break the fourth wall. What does this phrase mean? What effect does this produce? Why do characters in the play break from the action?

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