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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. Who smacks Grandfather Jack in Jack, or The Submission?
(a) Mother Jack.
(b) Grandmother Jack.
(c) Jack.
(d) Father Jack.

2. What does Jack say which causes his family to rush into his room with joy?
(a) "I adore hashed brown potatoes!"
(b) "I love you--please come back!"
(c) "I'm going to the diner!"
(d) "I am an unworthy pig!"

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

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

5. In The Chairs, the old man says, "I wanted to cross the ____, and there were no more _____."
(a) Oceans.
(b) Pyrenees.
(c) Plains.
(d) Alps.

Short Answer Questions

1. All of the characters, except who, could wear masks in Jack, or The Submission?

2. What did Roberta II see in the water when she was going to take a bath?

3. What does Father Jack ask the Roberts if Roberta has?

4. What is Jack's grandmother referred to as being in Jack, or The Submission?

5. What does Jack's mother call him in the beginning of Jack, or The Submission?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the absurdism different in The Chairs than the other plays?

2. What is the absurdist statement in The Chairs?

3. Describe the opening images of The Chairs.

4. What leads to Roberta's entrance? Describe it.

5. What does the orator say when he arrives?

6. In what way does the old woman's flattery contradict itself in The Chairs?

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

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

9. Discuss the use of language in Jack, or The Submission in relation to the other plays.

10. How does the action rise in The Chairs?

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