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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. Jack's sister tells their father that Jack's behavior is the ______ of puberty.
(a) Obsequience.
(b) Objectification.
(c) Obnubilation.
(d) Obstinance.

2. What word does Mother Jack say always makes her weep?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Heart.
(c) Jacket.
(d) Goodness.

3. What does Jack's father do to him early in Jack, or The Submission?
(a) Abandons him.
(b) Beats him.
(c) Disowns him.
(d) Murders him.

4. What city does the old man in The Chairs say collapsed?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Rome.
(d) Greece.

5. The old man says to Belle, "will you be my Isolde and let me be your _____?"
(a) Ares.
(b) Troilus.
(c) Tristan.
(d) Eros.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does the old man say it is in the beginning of The Chairs?

2. In The Chairs, What does the old man offstage suggest the first guest put down offstage?

3. Who smacks Grandfather Jack in Jack, or The Submission?

4. When talking to one of the guests, the old woman takes on a different demeanor and laughs like what?

5. Who is Jack's fiancee?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the action rise in The Chairs?

5. How does Roberta II seduce Jack?

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

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

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

9. Describe the main characters' interaction with their first guest in The Chairs.

10. What does the orator say when he arrives?

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