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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. Why does Carreon not want to play golf in Scene 12?
(a) He is bad at the game.
(b) He is using old clubs.
(c) He is missing his first child's birth.
(d) He is disgusted by Avila's ideology.

2. What is Rio's father's new wife's claim to fame?
(a) She was an extra in the film of M*A*S*H.
(b) She is Imelda Marcos's neice.
(c) She was runner-up in Miss Philippines pageant.
(d) She is the second wealthiest woman in Manila.

3. What does the audience hear before the lights come up at the beginning of Scene 1?
(a) Gun shots.
(b) Sounds of lovemaking.
(c) Crickets.
(d) Radio clips.

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

5. In Scene 10, what has Imelda Marcos accused of doing regarding her Film Center construction workers?
(a) Regularly sleeping with them.
(b) Refused to recognize their union.
(c) Refusing to pay them until work is completed.
(d) Burying them under the foundations.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following celebrities is not mentioned among the list in Scene 13?

2. Why does Avila think he is safe from Marcos' retribution?

3. According to Avila in Scene 12, what part of the Philippine temperament does the country a disservice?

4. Who do Rio and Pucha gossip about in Scene 9?

5. According to Pucha in Scene 9, what has changed about ethnic Filipinos?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Daisy and Santos meeting in Scene 8.

2. How do Trini and Romeo meet in Scene 6?

3. How are Tito Alvarez and Lolita Luna greeted at Studio 54 in Scene 14?

4. What is peculiar about the tryst between Trini and Romeo in Scene 15?

5. What does Rio think about the Manila she has returned to?

6. In Scene 4, how does Uncle goad Joey?

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

8. What role does a real historical figure play in Scene 10?

9. Why does Lieutenant Carreon skulk off in Scene 12?

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

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