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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 claims that Makak, unlike white men, is not helpless in the face of illness?
2. What does Makak call Moustique when Moustique gets in his way?
3. What does the Corporal pull out of Makak's bag?
4. Moustique says he might be worried if Basil was a what?
5. What does the Corporal toss at Tigre and Souris to wear as judges' robes?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the climactic scene of the play.
2. Describe the spiritual ecstasy that Makak experiences in the Prologue.
3. Explain the presence of the spider in Scene 1.
4. Which parts of the play do you think are reality and which are dreams? Why do you think this way?
5. Describe the opening scene of the Prologue, before Makak and the Corporal enter.
6. Describe the market in Act 1, Scene 3.
7. What are some differing views of Africa presented in Act 2, Scene 2?
8. Do you like the Corporal, based on the information given to you in the Prologue? Why or why not?
9. How does the concept of false identity appear in Scene 1?
10. Describe the differences between Makak and Moustique.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What impact do you think imprisonment has on Makak? Do you think Makak would have been the same character had he not been arrested? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think Walcott includes the confrontation between the Corporal and Tigre? What purpose does the scene serve? Do you think the reader would have had just as thorough an understanding of the characters without this description of events?
Essay Topic 3
What is the purpose of a foil in literature? Describe one character in Walcott's play that you believe is a foil of another character. Why do you think Walcott may have created characters in his work that emphasize each other's qualities?
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