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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 Peasant ask the person who greets him to do with him?
(a) Sing.
(b) Pray.
(c) Cook.
(d) Dance.

2. What does Makak narrate in his long speech during the Prologue?
(a) His birth.
(b) His journey toward becoming a Christian.
(c) His spiritual ecstasy.
(d) Creationism.

3. What does the Corporal allow each man to drink?
(a) Milk.
(b) Rum.
(c) Water.
(d) Vinegar.

4. How does the Corporal jokingly identify the third man in the cage to Souris?
(a) His son.
(b) The king of Africa.
(c) His father.
(d) The savior of the world.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moustique ask for from the First Peasant?

2. Where does Makak tell the Corporal he wants to go when he is being interrogated?

3. Who denounces the person pretending to be Makak to the crowd?

4. What does the Figure do when it comes onto the stage?

5. What do the Figure and dancer move toward across the stage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the character of Basil symbolize?

2. Explain the significance of the list of the white people put on trial.

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

4. Describe the differences between Makak and Moustique.

5. What role does music play in the Prologue?

6. What does Makak's escape from prison symbolize?

7. Explain the image of the Woman in White that Makak encounters so frequently.

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

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

10. Why is Makak imprisoned?

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