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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. How does Lena carry her belongings?

2. Who says, "I want my life. Where is it"?

3. Which character appears first in Act 1?

4. What does Lena say that the tea is?

5. What name does Lena want to have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Boesman react to Lena's plan to sleep in the shanty?

2. Why does Lena long for the days when Boesman worked for the Chinaman?

3. What does Boesman say about the scene in the morning?

4. Why does Lena want to know where they've traveled?

5. What does Boesman accuse Lena of doing with Outa?

6. Why did Boesman laugh at the bulldozers this morning?

7. What does Boesman say that the police do when Lena tries to stop him from beating her?

8. What does Boesman tell Lena regarding the past?

9. What does Boesman do as Lena's working out their past route? Why?

10. What makes Lena change her mind about leaving with Boesman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Describe the word "freedom" and what it means in the context of Boesman and Lena. What term discussed in class would this word fall under?

Essay Topic 3

How does Boesman's treatment of Outa reflect the white man's treatment of him? Why does he act in the way he does?

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