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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. Who is sitting inside the cages onstage?

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

3. Who takes Basil's hat?

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

5. Who lingers onstage after the Peasants take the sick man out?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Do you think Makak's visions can best be explained by delusions, or is there an underlying cause or purpose for these visions?

5. What do you think of the plot in Act 2, Scene 2, Part 1? Is it fast paced or slow?

6. Why is Makak imprisoned?

7. Why do you think Makak doesn't argue more with Moustique about his intent not to use his gifts for profit?

8. Do you think the journey to Africa is literal or symbolical? Why?

9. Do you think Makak's journey to know himself is an allegory for Christ's journey to be with God? Why or why not?

10. Describe an instance of foreshadowing in Scene 1.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think is the main theme of Walcott's play? Identify at least three events in Dream on Monkey Mountain that communicate this theme.

Essay Topic 2

How does the climactic scene evoke Biblical representations? Why do you think Walcott would have included such clear parallels between the Bible and Makak's life?

Essay Topic 3

Identify at least three instances of foreshadowing in Walcott's play. Why would Walcott include these instances? How would the story change if they had not been included?

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