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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act I: Scenes 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Dogeaters, what national event is about to happen in Manila?
(a) Ferdinand Marcos' Golden Jubillee.
(b) Manila International Film Festival.
(c) Philippine Independence Day.
(d) Imelda Marcos' birthday.

2. What is the name of Nestor and Barbara's melodrama?
(a) Joys and Terrors.
(b) Love Letters.
(c) Passions of the Heart.
(d) Amorous Tempest.

3. At the beginning of the play, what is being built in Manila?
(a) A film center.
(b) A new palace.
(c) A soccer stadium.
(d) A monorail.

4. In Scene 9, why is Rio sad?
(a) She is thinking about her grandmother.
(b) Her ex-boyfriend is getting married.
(c) The city is less lively than she remembers it.
(d) She misses San Francisco.

5. What is the NPA?
(a) The loyalist political party.
(b) An insurgent group.
(c) The premier Philippine film school.
(d) A trade workers' union.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Senator Avila well known in the Philippines?

2. At the end of Scene 5, what do the narrators say Santos Triador is always doing?

3. Who does Imelda Marcos congratulate in Scene 11?

4. At the beginning of Dogeaters, who does the announcer say has just met with the Marcoses?

5. In Scene 6, why does Romeo say he cannot get a drink with Trini?

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