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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 does Roberta have two of?

2. Who is one of the last guests to arrive in The Chairs, causing a blast of bright light?

3. What does Father Robert comment about Roberta's feet?

4. In The Chairs, who says, "I'm an orphan...dworfan"?

5. What expression does Jack blurt out in an aside after the entrance of Roberta?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the words and actions connect in Jack, or The Submission?

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

3. What does the orator say when he arrives?

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

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

6. What happens when Roberta's veil is lifted in Jack, or The Submission?

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

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

9. How does Roberta II seduce Jack?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the Smiths and the Martins in The Bald Soprano. How do these characters switch roles in the play? What is the meaning of this?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the characters of the old man and the old woman in the play, The Chairs. In what ways do they differ? What are their similarities?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Absurdism and how it applies to all four plays from the collection.

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