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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 the Landlady repeatedly do?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Shout.
(c) Cry.
(d) Scream.

2. Where does the Duchess say her mother is?
(a) In hell.
(b) In heaven.
(c) In an asylum.
(d) In a retirement home.

3. What does the Duchess think her father wants to do to her?
(a) Touch her like he did her mother.
(b) Murder her.
(c) Send her away.
(d) Take her to dinner.

4. What ethnicity is the person who makes the continuous noise in Part 1?
(a) Asian.
(b) White.
(c) Hispanic.
(d) African-American.

5. At the start of the play a white woman walks across the stage. What is the white woman wearing?
(a) A nightgown.
(b) A towel.
(c) A suit.
(d) An African dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who opens Part 2 of Adrienne Kennedy's play?

2. How does Adrienne Kennedy describe the Landlady's character?

3. Who does "Negro" transform into?

4. What does the Duchess' reaction to her father cause her to do?

5. What is symbolic about the African-American man's hair?

(see the answer key)

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