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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. At the end of Scene 5, what do the narrators say Santos Triador is always doing?
2. Why does Carreon not want to play golf in Scene 12?
3. According to Pucha in Scene 9, what has changed about ethnic Filipinos?
4. What is the name of the club that Pucha and Rio plan to visit in Scene 9?
5. In Scene 14, what is Lolita Luna high on?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Daisy and Santos meeting in Scene 8.
2. At the beginning of Scene 10, what do Perlita and Chiquiting gossip about?
3. Why does Rio Gonzaga return to Manila in Scene 3?
4. How do Trini and Romeo meet in Scene 6?
5. How does Scene 11 end on an incongruously upbeat note?
6. In Scene 4, how does Uncle goad Joey?
7. What is a dogeater?
8. What information about Daisy Avila do Nest and Barbara impart in Scene 5?
9. How are Tito Alvarez and Lolita Luna greeted at Studio 54 in Scene 14?
10. Describe the cafe in Scene 9.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Dogeaters is a sweeping narrative, and it is a play, allowing it many devices to impart information. Write an essay about the use of dramatic devices to impart information to the audience/reader:
Part 1) Discuss the framing device of the play. What is the function of Barbara and Nestor, both as individuals and as devices in the plot? How does the radio drama alter the tone of the play?
Part 2) Write an analysis of the sexual montage that occurs near the end of Act I. Which characters in the play are involved? Do any of them enjoy themselves? How does Hagedorn interweave the different sexual encounters?
Part 3) Discuss the use of monologue in the play. When characters speak directly to the audience, what do they impart? Are they covering narrative, adding emotional nuance, or both? Does the monologue affect the flow of the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
At the beginning of Dogeaters, Filipinos speak about the rumors of violence by the regime, and over the course of the play these rumors become explicit. Write an essay about the movement of the violence from implicit to explicit over the course of the narrative. What cruelty is rumored at the beginning? What is the first explicit act of violence, and how does violence spread like a virus thereafter?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about the intersection between light entertainment and history in this play. Why does Hagedorn choose a soap opera for the frame of the story? What other light entertainment references and elements appear in the narrative? Thematically, how does this serve historical thesis of the play?
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