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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. What does Fassbinder refuse to do for Joey in Scene 17?

3. Why is Joey ill in Scene 11?

4. What does Rio rail against at the end of Scene 1?

5. In Scene 6, what has Lolita heard about Daisy Avila?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Uncle betray Joey in Scene 4?

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

4. How is Joey connected to the assassination?

5. Describe the action at the beginning of Scene 17.

6. What does Imelda Marcos say about the assassination in Scene 10?

7. What is Daisy Avila doing when she is arrested in Scene 4?

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

9. In what state is Daisy Avila in Scene 16?

10. How is Romeo killed in Scene 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dogeaters does not have a clearly defines single protagonists, only characters that are points of entry for audience sympathies. Three characters undergo significant arcs and could serve the role of protagonist. In an essay, discuss the arc of each. What normal existence does each character have at the beginning? How do the events of the play shatter this normalcy? Where does this character end the play? What is his or her catharsis?

Part 1) Joey Sands

Part 2) Daisy Avila

Part 3) Rio

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

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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