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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. Why is the Odeon failing in Manila?
2. What rumor about Daisy Avila surfaces in Scene 10?
3. How does Rio present herself in Scene 3?
4. According to Avila in Scene 12, what part of the Philippine temperament does the country a disservice?
5. Who are Nestor Noralez and Barbara Villanueva?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Lieutenant Carreon skulk off in Scene 12?
2. What does Rio think about the Manila she has returned to?
3. Describe the cafe in Scene 9.
4. Describe Daisy and Santos meeting in Scene 8.
5. Describe the party at the beginning of Scene 14.
6. Describe the montage of Scene 15.
7. In Scene 1, what is imparted to the audience through radio clips?
8. Describe the speech that Avila delivers in Scene 7.
9. Who do Nestor and Barbara introduce in Scene 2?
10. What is a dogeater?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Dogeaters, Jessica Hagedorn juxtaposes the capital city of Manila, the stronghold of the Marcoses, with the hinterland of the Philippine mountain areas. The latter is the provenance for the NPA. Write an essay about the juxtaposition of these two settings:
Part 1) How has Manila changed at the beginning of the play? Discuss the changes that the Marcos regime has enacted. What are they modeling their capital city on, and how do the people of the Philippines feel about this development?
Part 2) Describe the mountain regions outside Manila. How are they different from the rest of the settings in Dogeaters? What groups congregate in this region, and what is their relationship to the Marcos regime?
Essay Topic 2
The ruling class of the Philippines in Dogeaters is portrayed as profoundly perverse in its world view. Write an essay about how General Ledesma represents this perversion? How is his entire being in the early scenes a form of deception? What truth do his interactions with both Lolita Luna and Daisy Avila represent about power-holders in a dictatorship?
Essay Topic 3
Early in the play, Joey Sands tells Rainer Fassbinder about the term Dogeaters, which was coined by the Americans when they colonized the Philippines. Write an essay about the colonial history of the nation, as portrayed in the play. How do individual characters relate to this history? How are they still coping with its after-effects? What does this say about the legacy of subjugation in general?
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