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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Fassbinder dance with all night at the ball?
(a) Chiquiting..
(b) Daisy Avila.
(c) Pucha.
(d) Imelda Marcos.

2. Whose books is Imelda Marcos said to have banned?
(a) Those of former Philippine leaders.
(b) De Gaulle's.
(c) Avila's.
(d) Marx's.

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

4. According to Avila in Scene 12, what part of the Philippine temperament does the country a disservice?
(a) Militarism.
(b) Sloth.
(c) Playfulness.
(d) Spirituality.

5. Which U.S. president colonized the Philippines?
(a) McKinley.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Taft.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Odeon failing in Manila?

2. What disgusts Tito Alvarez in Scene 14?

3. Whose son is Boomboom?

4. In Scene 10, what has Imelda Marcos accused of doing regarding her Film Center construction workers?

5. What is Senator Avila pressing the government for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pucha treat the waiter in Scene 9?

2. Why does Chiquiting become annoyed in Scene 14?

3. Describe the speech that Avila delivers in Scene 7.

4. Describe the party at the beginning of Scene 14.

5. Why does Rio Gonzaga return to Manila in Scene 3?

6. Describe Daisy and Santos meeting in Scene 8.

7. What is a dogeater?

8. Who do Nestor and Barbara introduce in Scene 2?

9. How does Imelda Marcos defend herself in Scene 11?

10. In Scene 9, how does Rio's story about her grandmother reflect the changing Manila?

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