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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 word does Jacqueline call Jack which truly upsets him in Jack, or The Submission?
(a) Chronometrable.
(b) Instable.
(c) Obtuse.
(d) Boystrable.

2. All of the characters, except who, could wear masks in Jack, or The Submission?
(a) Mother Jack.
(b) Jack.
(c) Jacqueline.
(d) Roberta I.

3. Jack's father exclaims, "I had the unfortunate idea of wishing for a son and not a _______!"
(a) Red poppy.
(b) Daffodil.
(c) Red balloon.
(d) Sweet daughter.

4. Jack's sister tells their mother that all roads lead to where?
(a) Paris.
(b) Sicily.
(c) Rome.
(d) London.

5. Mother Jack tells Jack, "I've been a true sweetheart, a husband, a sailor, a buddy, a _____."
(a) Mother.
(b) Pal.
(c) Goose.
(d) Friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the old man and old woman run out of in The Chairs?

2. What does Mother Jack call Father Jack in Jack, or The Submission?

3. Who has the old man hired in The Chairs?

4. Who says, in the beginning of Jack, or The Submission, "never would I have believed you capable of this. You were my greatest hope"?

5. How many years have the old man and old woman been married in The Chairs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack say that makes his family celebrate him?

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

3. What does Jack's sister tell him which leads to his eruption?

4. Describe the opening scene of Jack, or The Submission.

5. What happens to the character of The Chairs when their needs are met?

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the opening images of The Chairs.

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