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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. What does Imelda ask Bob Stone out of nowhere in Scene 10?

2. How does Imelda characterize herself at the end of her Scene 10 interview?

3. What does Avila say he is at the end of Scene 16?

4. Where does Scene 11 take place?

5. Which ominous military maneuver happens after Avila's murder?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Daisy interrogated in Scene 8?

2. How does Rio react to news of the assassination in Scene 1?

3. Why is Lolita Luna worried in Scene 6?

4. How does Ledesma assert dominance over Daisy at the end of Scene 8?

5. What is revealed about life in Manila at the end of Scene 4?

6. How does Joey relate to Fassbinder in Scene 17?

7. What do the NPA guerrillas feel about Joey in Scene 11?

8. What does Senator Avila tell Daisy in his soliloquy in Scene 16?

9. How does Uncle betray Joey in Scene 4?

10. Describe Daisy's Scene 9 interaction with her dead father.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The world of Manila in Dogeaters is one in which everything and everyone is for sale. In an essay, chart Rainer Fassbinder's experience in the city as an illustration of this. What does Fassbinder buy with his western dollars over the course of the play? Who does he exploit and what does he damage in the process? Discuss how someone like Fassbinder rationalizes this exploitation.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the world of Studio 54 and its ambiguous relationship to the zeitgeist of Manila. Describe the world that Perlita has created. How does it reflect a progressive attitude that is anathema to the Marcos platform? Why is the club valued by Imelda Marcos and her people? In the end, how does the club allow Perlita and Chiquiting to pass between two worlds?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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