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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Queen Victoria discover in her scene?
(a) Her mother is dying.
(b) Her hair is falling out.
(c) Her limbs are rotting.
(d) The Duchess is dead.

2. What is symbolic about the African-American man's hair?
(a) It represents the the change in society.
(b) It represents nothing.
(c) It represents Sarah's growth.
(d) It represents Sarah's shedding of African American identity.

3. Who does the Duchess represent?
(a) An element of the author.
(b) An element of Sarah.
(c) An element of black history.
(d) An element of the Landlady.

4. What is odd about the Duchess father's presence?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He is not invited.
(c) He has three fingers.
(d) He climbs through the window.

5. What is heard throughout the scene with the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria?
(a) Crying.
(b) Knocking.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color dress does the woman Adrienne Kennedy refers to as "Negro" wear?

2. What is the Duchess missing half of at the start of Part 2?

3. Why does the Landlady believe Sarah's hair is falling out?

4. What is the white statue in "Negro's" room of?

5. What is the African-American man's dream symbolic of?

(see the answer key)

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