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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Mother Jack tells Jack, "I've been a true sweetheart, a husband, a sailor, a buddy, a _____."

5. What did Mother Jack teach Jack to do when he wanted to be stung as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the basic plot of Jack, or The Submission.

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

3. Describe the opening images of The Chairs.

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

5. Describe the arrival of the emperor in The Chairs.

6. How does the action rise in The Chairs?

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

8. What is the reaction of the couple when the orator arrives in The Chairs? Describe him.

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

10. What is the meaning of the end of Jack, or The Submission?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the ending of the play Jack, or The Submission. What occurs and what is the symbolic meaning of this ending?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss satire in The Bald Soprano. How does this apply to the language in the play? How was it originated?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Nazi armband in the play, The Lesson. What is the significance of this? How does its use break from typical absurdist style?

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