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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 Sarah imagine she kills her father with?
(a) A noose.
(b) An ebony mask.
(c) A gun.
(d) A knife.

2. What does Sarah do after the character rushes her?
(a) She shoots herself.
(b) She stabs herself.
(c) She hangs herself.
(d) She drowns herself.

3. What color dress does the woman Adrienne Kennedy refers to as "Negro" wear?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Brown.
(d) Red.

4. How does the African-American man speak about his life?
(a) Negatively.
(b) Positively.
(c) With joy.
(d) In song.

5. How do they characters react after they tell Sarah's story?
(a) They scream in rage.
(b) They sing and dance.
(c) They cry.
(d) They run and laugh.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. What does the Landlady tell Sarah about her father?

5. What did Sarah's father send her in Part 4?

(see the answer key)

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