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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 is the name of the camp in which Daisy is held captive?

2. Who -not at the scene of the assassination - starts crying in Scene 17?

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

4. Where is Senator Avila shot?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Romeo killed in Scene 7?

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

4. In what state is Daisy Avila in Scene 16?

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

6. What do the NPA guerrillas feel about Joey in Scene 11?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

At the beginning of Dogeaters, Filipinos speak about the rumors of violence by the regime, and over the course of the play these rumors become explicit. Write an essay about the movement of the violence from implicit to explicit over the course of the narrative. What cruelty is rumored at the beginning? What is the first explicit act of violence, and how does violence spread like a virus thereafter?

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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