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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. Who shoots Senator Avila?

2. What is the name of the camp in which Daisy is held captive?

3. In Scene 10, what does Imelda say of her detractors?

4. What special room in Alacran's room does Scene 6 take place in?

5. Where is Santos in Scene 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Lolita Luna worried in Scene 6?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Perlita save Joey's life in Scene 5?

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

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

In Dogeaters, Jessica Hagedorn juxtaposes the capital city of Manila, the stronghold of the Marcoses, with the hinterland of the Philippine mountain areas. The latter is the provenance for the NPA. Write an essay about the juxtaposition of these two settings:

Part 1) How has Manila changed at the beginning of the play? Discuss the changes that the Marcos regime has enacted. What are they modeling their capital city on, and how do the people of the Philippines feel about this development?

Part 2) Describe the mountain regions outside Manila. How are they different from the rest of the settings in Dogeaters? What groups congregate in this region, and what is their relationship to the Marcos regime?

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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