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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument plays in the background after Makak falls to the ground?
(a) Recorder.
(b) Trumpet.
(c) Shakers.
(d) Drums.

2. What does Moustique do to the thing that bites him?
(a) He kills it.
(b) He wraps it up in a towel.
(c) He pets it.
(d) He shoots it.

3. What disappears as Makak begins his monologue in the Prologue?
(a) His cage.
(b) Makak's fear.
(c) Tigre and Souris.
(d) The mask.

4. What race is the Corporal?
(a) Black.
(b) Mixed.
(c) White.
(d) Latino.

5. What are the men carrying who follow the group onstage?
(a) A throne.
(b) A cross.
(c) Makak.
(d) A stretcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person pretending to be Makak see in the water bowl?

2. What does Makak call Moustique when Moustique gets in his way?

3. What does the family in the market discuss?

4. How does the Corporal jokingly identify the third man in the cage to Souris?

5. Who comes to sit beside the object on the stage?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do readers/audience find out Makak's real name?

2. Describe the differences between Makak and Moustique.

3. Describe the events leading up to Moustique's death.

4. What elements in the Prologue reinforce the idea that Makak is a prophet and a leader?

5. What role does music play in the Prologue?

6. What is wrong with the man on the stretcher? What are the Peasants asking Makak to do for him?

7. What symbol does the spider serve in Act 1, Scene 2?

8. Do you think Walcott's use of imagery is effective in the closing scenes of the play? Why or why not?

9. What is the setting of Act 2, Scene 2, Part 1? Why is this significant?

10. At what point does Moustique indicate that he intends to take advantage of Makak? Does this change your opinion of him?

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