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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 says, in the beginning of Jack, or The Submission, "never would I have believed you capable of this. You were my greatest hope"?
(a) Mother Robert.
(b) Mother Jack.
(c) Father Robert.
(d) Father Jack.
2. Who in Jack, or The Submission mostly just sings?
(a) Jacqueline.
(b) Grandmother Jack.
(c) Grandfather Jack.
(d) Father Robert.
3. What did the old man's brother say he had, which led to their breaking apart in The Chairs?
(a) A flea.
(b) A mother.
(c) A heart condition.
(d) A pain.
4. What did Mother Jack teach Jack to do when he wanted to be stung as a child?
(a) Rub his knees with honey.
(b) Rub his knees with nettles.
(c) Catch bees.
(d) Drink milk.
5. From what is the bad smell, according to the old woman in The Chairs?
(a) Mildewed towels.
(b) Stagnant water.
(c) A dead person.
(d) A dead rat.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Mother Jack do to Roberta when she enters?
2. How much time per day does the old man devote to working on his message in The Chairs?
3. In what business was Grandfather Jack in Jack, or The Submission?
4. In The Chairs, how old is the old man?
5. What color stockings is the old lady wearing in The Chairs?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the opening images of The Chairs.
2. Discuss the similarities and differences between The Chairs and the other plays.
3. In what way does the old woman's flattery contradict itself in The Chairs?
4. What is the meaning of the end of Jack, or The Submission?
5. Describe the absurdism of Grandmother and Grandfather Jack.
6. What story does the old man tell the old woman in The Chairs? How does it end?
7. Describe the basic plot of Jack, or The Submission.
8. How does Roberta II seduce Jack?
9. How is the absurdism different in The Chairs than the other plays?
10. What does Jack's sister tell him which leads to his eruption?
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