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

2. Jack's sister refers to her father's "big hairy foot full of" what?
(a) Horns.
(b) Spite.
(c) Rage.
(d) Flowers.

3. What two roles must be played by the same actress in Jack, or The Submission?
(a) Jack and Jacqueline.
(b) Mother Jack and Father Jack.
(c) Roberta I and Roberta II.
(d) Father Robert and Mother Robert.

4. Who has the old man hired in The Chairs?
(a) A Janitor.
(b) An Orator.
(c) A Stage Hand.
(d) A Mover.

5. Who gave Jack his first spankings in Jack, or The Submission?
(a) Mother Jack.
(b) Father Jack.
(c) Father Robert.
(d) Jacqueline.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the final sounds from in The Chairs?

3. In The Chairs, the old woman says, "My husband's not really misanthropic, he just loves _____."

4. What did the old man's brother say he had, which led to their breaking apart in The Chairs?

5. In The Chairs, what does the old man call the old woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the opening images of The Chairs.

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

3. What does the orator say when he arrives?

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the differences of character development in The Chairs versus the other plays.

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

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

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