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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 Fassbinder refuse to do for Joey in Scene 17?

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

3. In Scene 5, why does Joey say he came to Studio 54?

4. Before leaving at the end of Scene 8, what does Ledesma promise he will do to Daisy?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the assassination of Senator Avila at the end of Act I.

6. What state is Joey in in Scene 11?

7. How is Romeo killed in Scene 7?

8. How does Uncle betray Joey in Scene 4?

9. How does Imelda describe herself at the end of Scene 10?

10. How does Joey steal from Fassbinder in Scene 17?

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

The country of the Philippines is the primary character of Dogeaters, and it undergoes many changes as a political climate turns bloody. Write a three part essay about the transition the Philippines undergoes:

Part 1) Describe the Philippines at the beginning of the play. How do the Marcoses rule it, and what is the coal structure like? Discuss how the colonial history of the country has shaped Philippine society.

Part 2) The catalyzing event of Dogeaters is the murder of Senator Avila. Why is Avila murdered? How does the populace respond to the assassination? Discuss if and how Philippine society is changed by this upheaval.

Part 3) Discuss the state of the Philippines at the end of the play. What has changes in the sociopolitical climate, and what is the same as it was before? What cumulative effect did the coup have?

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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