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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The African-American man says his father tried to hurt himself at the end of Part 3. What did he try and do?
(a) Cut himself.
(b) Hang himself.
(c) Shoot himself.
(d) Poison himself.

2. What does "Negro" wear around her neck?
(a) A scarf.
(b) A noose.
(c) A crucifix necklace.
(d) A tie.

3. What does the Landlady say happened to Sarah's father?
(a) He shot himself.
(b) He hanged himself.
(c) He moved to the city.
(d) He married a new wife.

4. What is symbolic about what the Duchess is losing?
(a) She is leaving capitalist society.
(b) She is becoming a hippie.
(c) She is sexually confused.
(d) She is shedding her African American traits.

5. How does Adrienne Kennedy describe the Landlady's character?
(a) Stoic.
(b) Dull.
(c) Man-like.
(d) Clown-like.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the rejection of the African-American man's mother symbolize?

2. What does the cross symbolize in the play?

3. What did the Duchess' father do to her mother?

4. The African-American man is telling another character's story. What aspect of this character's life do we learn through the African-American man?

5. At the start of the play a white woman walks across the stage. What is the white woman wearing?

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