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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. Why does Freddy get angry at Rio in Scene 1?

2. What character is discussed in the radio report of Scene 11?

3. In Scene 11, what are most of the guerrillas' attitudes toward Joey?

4. What does Imelda say about Daisy Avila in Scene 10?

5. In his soliloquy in Scene 16, what does Senator Avila beg his daughter to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What spectral occurrence happens in Scene 1?

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

3. How is Joey connected to the assassination?

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

5. How is Romeo killed in Scene 7?

6. How does Fassbinder show himself to be disingenuous in Scene 17?

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

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

9. Why is Lolita Luna worried in Scene 6?

10. How is Daisy interrogated in Scene 8?

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

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?

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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