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

2. In Scene 1, what has Daisy Avila just won?

3. Why is Pucha scandalized in Scene 9?

4. What is the occupation of the person Barbara and Nestor interview in Scene 2?

5. What is the name of the club that Pucha and Rio plan to visit in Scene 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is golfing in Scene 12?

5. What information about Daisy Avila do Nest and Barbara impart in Scene 5?

6. Describe Daisy and Santos meeting in Scene 8.

7. Describe the cafe in Scene 9.

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

9. How is Joey Sands introduced in Scene 4?

10. Why does Chiquiting become annoyed in Scene 14?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the character of Daisy Avila. To what extent does she exist in the intersection between the workers and the ruling class? Why is she dangerous to the powers that be? Chart her character arc. How does she transition from uncertainty to certainty about her role in society? Where does she end her journey?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the influence of American culture on the Manila of Dogeaters. Discuss individual examples of appropriated American culture in the city. Which characters have taken on American personas? What do you think America represents to the people of the Philippines at this point in its history?

Essay Topic 3

The narrative of Dogeaters is based on actual historical events that took place in Manila, but Jessica Hagedorn intermingles fiction and fact in the play. Write an essay about this intermingling. What elements of the play - characters, settings, events - are factual, and what is dramatic invention? How do the fictional elements serve the historical truth Hagedorn is trying to impart?

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