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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 does Scene 11 take place?

2. Who does Perlita order to watch Joey in Scene 5?

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

4. Who appears as a ghost in Scene 1?

5. At the end of Scene 6, what does Lolita ask Alacran to procure for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Uncle betray Joey in Scene 4?

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

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

4. How does Imelda Marcos foil Bob Stone's planned interview in Scene 10?

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

6. What spectral occurrence happens in Scene 1?

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

8. How is Joey connected to the assassination?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The role of coupling in Dogeaters is more ambiguous than in many other narratives. Write an essay about three couplings. How do these two characters find each other? What do they have to gain from each other? To what extent is the relationship based more on deception or power than it is on love? How does the relationship end?

Part 1) Romeo and Trini.

Part 2) Fassbinder and Joey.

Part 3) Lolita and Ledesma.

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

Write an essay about the character of Daisy Avila. To what extent does she exist in the intersection between the workers and the ruling class? Why is she dangerous to the powers that be? Chart her character arc. How does she transition from uncertainty to certainty about her role in society? Where does she end her journey?

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