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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 final tragedy befalls Daisy at the end of Scene 9?
2. How does Joey kill Uncle in Scene 4?
3. Whom does Imelda state killed Avila in Scene 10?
4. What character is discussed in the radio report of Scene 11?
5. Who -not at the scene of the assassination - starts crying in Scene 17?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Daisy interrogated in Scene 8?
2. How does Joey relate to Fassbinder in Scene 17?
3. How does Rio react to news of the assassination in Scene 1?
4. What does Imelda Marcos say about the assassination in Scene 10?
5. How is Joey connected to the assassination?
6. How does Joey steal from Fassbinder in Scene 17?
7. Describe the assassination of Senator Avila at the end of Act I.
8. Describe the action at the beginning of Scene 17.
9. How does Imelda describe herself at the end of Scene 10?
10. What do the NPA guerrillas feel about Joey in Scene 11?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the Manila of Dogeaters, dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda rely on the use of entertainment to pacify dissent and codify their power. Write a three part essay about the way the Marcoses use entertainment to consolidate power:
Part 1) Discuss the purpose of Imelda Marcoses film festival. How does the first lady characterize this festival? What are her aspirations, and how does the populace react to the arrival of stars and auteurs?
Part 2) Discuss the characters of Tito Alvarez and Lolita Luna. What are their entertainment personas and how do these personas dovetail with the Marcos aesthetic? How do these movie stars become entwined in the political?
Part 3) In summation, explore the way Imelda Marcos interacts with the media in the play. What image does the first lady want to project to her people, and how does she use the radio/television interview to do this?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about the character of Rio and how she is a surrogate. What similarities exist between Jessica Hagedorn's biography and Rio's? How is the audience's understanding of the situation in the Philippines also similar to Rio's? In what ways does Rio ask the questions of Philippine society that we too would ask?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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