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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the audience realize the white woman is muttering as she crosses the stage a second time?
(a) That the voices will not stop.
(b) That she will never let a black man touch her.
(c) That she is God.
(d) That she will never let a white man touch her.

2. What is the Duchess afraid of in Part 2?
(a) The Queen.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

3. What does the African American man claim he was born between?
(a) A mother and father.
(b) Two worlds.
(c) Two generations.
(d) A rock and a hard place.

4. Who opens the play in Part 3?
(a) The Queen.
(b) Sarah.
(c) The Duchess
(d) The African-American man.

5. What does the character in Part 4 do when he or she realizes his or her hair fell out?
(a) Cries.
(b) Moans.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Screams with terror.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Part 4 of the play begin?

2. In Part 4, who does the Landlady say died?

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

4. What is the significance of the continuous sound?

5. What is odd about the Duchess father's presence?

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