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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 does the person pretending to be Makak do with the water?
(a) Pours it on his head.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Sprinkles the crowd.
(d) Drinks it.

2. What does Makak tell the Peasants to do for the sick man?
(a) Dress him.
(b) Lay hands on him.
(c) Sing and dance.
(d) Kneel and pray.

3. What object is sitting in the middle of the stage at the beginning of the Prologue?
(a) A drum.
(b) A chair.
(c) A guitar.
(d) A coffee table.

4. What does the Corporal pull out of Makak's bag?
(a) Weapons.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A crystal ball.
(d) Rum and a mask.

5. What does Moustique say he will give the Peasants in exchange?
(a) The ability to see the future.
(b) The power of healing.
(c) Eternal life.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Makak use to respond to the Corporal?

2. What does the family in the market discuss?

3. When he is talking to Moustique, what does Makak say the Woman in White called him?

4. Who claims that Makak, unlike white men, is not helpless in the face of illness?

5. What does the Peasant ask the person who greets him to do with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you like the Corporal, based on the information given to you in the Prologue? Why or why not?

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

3. Makak and Moustique are black; explain how this affects the interpretation of their journey.

4. Why does Moustique laugh in Basil's face after the sick man is healed?

5. What are the differences between tradition and change in Act 2, Scene 2, Part 2?

6. Why does Makak say that he has lost his way?

7. What do you learn about Tigre and Souris in the Prologue?

8. Was it difficult to get used to the syntax Walcott uses in this play? Why?

9. Describe the significance of the closing song sung by the Chorus.

10. Describe the relationship between Makak and Moustique at the end of the play?

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