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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. Where is Senator Avila shot?

2. What is Lolita worried about in Scene 6?

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

4. In Scene 9, Senator Avila's ghost tells Daisy she must have what?

5. What does Senator Avila say that Daisy wants to do in Scene 16?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What state is Joey in in Scene 11?

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

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

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

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

7. How is Daisy interrogated in Scene 8?

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

9. How is Joey connected to the assassination?

10. How does Uncle betray Joey in Scene 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The world of Dogeaters is one in which the line between life and death is not a concrete partition. Write a three part essay about characters who return to the land of the living after death. How do they appear in the play? What is the purpose of the return, and how do the other characters interact with the dead one?

Part 1) Mallat

Part 2) Lola

Part 3) Avila

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

Because the world of Dogeaters is a panorama of many characters, the intersection between high and low society is dramatized in the characters. Write an essay about three strata of Philippine society as dramatized in the play:

Part 1) Discuss the golfing party of Alacran, Ledesma, and Avila. What does this group illustrate about the ruling class in the Philippines? Are they all of a single mind? Where does their power derive from?

Part 2) Discuss the working class in the Philippines as represented by Romeo and Trini. What options are open to these individuals? What limitations do they face? Discuss how the play leaves both of these characters. What does this say about the working class in the Philippines?

Part 3) How do Perlita and Chiquiting represent a sort of intersection between the ruling and the working classes? What connection do they have between both groups? How does this make them the safest and least happy of social groups?

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