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

2. Who does Makak say appeared to him on Monkey Mountain?
(a) God.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) The Corporal.
(d) His future son.

3. As the Corporal interrogates Makak, who begins to sing?
(a) Tigre.
(b) Souris.
(c) The Figure.
(d) A strange woman.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the man on the stretcher dying from?

2. What is Makak charged with when he is arrested?

3. What does Makak pray for after he falls to the ground?

4. Who brings water to the person pretending to be Makak?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the connotation and denotation of the word "journey"? What about "slave"?

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

4. Describe an instance of foreshadowing in Scene 1.

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

6. Describe the market in Act 1, Scene 3.

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

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

9. What is significant about the name of the Market Inspector?

10. How does Makak's story run parallel to that of Moses in the Bible?

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