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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 does "donnered" mean?

2. What language to Boesman and Lena speak?

3. How does Lena carry her belongings?

4. What does Lena give to Outa after he sits?

5. What does Boesman do with the piece of corrugated iron?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is it that astounds Boesman and Lena about Outa's death?

2. What is Lena's reaction to Boesman's leaving?

3. What does Lena associate Boesman's predicament after Outa's death with?

4. What does Boesman seem to enjoy in Lena's behavior? How do we know?

5. What does Lena ask to drink from Boesman? What word is this in Afrikaan? In English?

6. How does Lena feel about Boesman's sudden talkativeness in Act 2?

7. What would Lena do if her name were Mary?

8. What does Boesman figure out about who they are in relation to the white man?

9. What had Boesman wanted to tell Lena that morning?

10. Why does Boesman believe that he admitted his fault earlier in the day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the changes in race relations in South Africa in the 1960s versus today. How have things changed? Is there still bigotry in this country?

Essay Topic 2

What other playwrights influenced Athol Fugard in the writing of Boesman and Lena? What genre of theater was this style?

Essay Topic 3

What is the effect of producing a show such as Boesman and Lena in the United States, or other countries which no longer have a segregated society? Is there a purpose to reading and producing these works?

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