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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. In The Chairs, how old is the old woman?
(a) 88.
(b) 94.
(c) 76.
(d) 92.

2. What does Jack's mother call him in the beginning of Jack, or The Submission?
(a) A bear.
(b) A galoot.
(c) A monster.
(d) A mononster.

3. According to the old woman, how many children did the old man and old woman have in The Chairs?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

4. What are the final sounds from in The Chairs?
(a) The train arriving.
(b) The invisible audience.
(c) The boats arriving.
(d) The doorbell ringing.

5. What does the old woman say you use a leaf of beef, an hour of flour, a little gastric sugar?
(a) Escargot.
(b) Venison l'ambret.
(c) Boulabaise.
(d) Crepes de Chine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jack's sister refers to her father's "big hairy foot full of" what?

2. What word does Mother Jack say always makes her weep?

3. The old man in the Chairs claims, "all my enemies have been ____ and all my friends have betrayed me."

4. Who gave Jack his first spankings in Jack, or The Submission?

5. What does Mother Jack do to Roberta when she enters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does the old man tell the old woman in The Chairs? How does it end?

2. What actually happens at the end of Jack, or The Submission?

3. Describe the basic plot of Jack, or The Submission.

4. What are Jack's first words? What leads up to this?

5. Discuss the similarities and differences between The Chairs and the other plays.

6. Once the guests stop arriving, what does the couple do in The Chairs?

7. What happens when Roberta's veil is lifted in Jack, or The Submission?

8. What is Jack's reaction upon seeing Roberta II?

9. Describe the arrival of the emperor in The Chairs.

10. What is the reaction of the couple when the orator arrives in The Chairs? Describe him.

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