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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. Why does Moustique laugh after Basil leaves?
2. What do the Figure and dancer move toward across the stage?
3. What does Makak narrate in his long speech during the Prologue?
4. Who does Makak say appeared to him on Monkey Mountain?
5. What does the man on the stretcher need to do to break his fever?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Makak's personal truth, revealed at the end of the play?
2. What is your first impression of Makak?
3. Do you think Makak's journey to know himself is an allegory for Christ's journey to be with God? Why or why not?
4. What symbol does the spider serve in Act 1, Scene 2?
5. In what ways does Walcott show that human nature is similar to animal nature in Act 2?
6. What is wrong with the man on the stretcher? What are the Peasants asking Makak to do for him?
7. Was it difficult to get used to the syntax Walcott uses in this play? Why?
8. Makak and Moustique are black; explain how this affects the interpretation of their journey.
9. What elements in the Prologue reinforce the idea that Makak is a prophet and a leader?
10. Explain the presence of the spider in Scene 1.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the tone of Dream on Monkey Mountain? Why would Walcott choose to write the story in this type of tone? What impact does the tone have on the way the reader perceives the characters and sequence of events?
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
There are several instances of irony in Walcott's play. Identify at least one of these instances and describe why Walcott may have used irony when describing this particular situation.
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