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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Sarah claim she killed her father?
(a) She shot him.
(b) She knocked him over the head.
(c) She hanged him.
(d) She stabbed him.

5. What does "Negro" claim is her only African-American feature?
(a) Her ears.
(b) Her hair.
(c) Her skin tone.
(d) Her eyes.

6. What does the white woman do as she walks across the stage?
(a) She mumbles.
(b) She screams.
(c) She sobs.
(d) She laughs.

7. What do the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria wear on their faces?
(a) Masks or white makeup.
(b) Masks or black makeup.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Silk scarves.

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

9. Where does "Negro" tell people she lives?
(a) A large house.
(b) The streets.
(c) A farm.
(d) A small apartment.

10. Where are the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria in Part 1?
(a) The park.
(b) Sarah's room.
(c) The chamber room.
(d) The Queen's room.

11. 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) An African dress.
(d) A suit.

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

13. What does the Duchess bring to the Queen?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A plate of food.
(c) A bag of hair.
(d) A bag of clothes.

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

15. What hairstyle does the Duchess' mother have?
(a) Perm.
(b) She is bald.
(c) Ponytail.
(d) Curls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Duchess' father do for a job?

2. What was the person the African-American man dreamed about doing?

3. Who does the African-American man that walks on stage represent?

4. What did the person the African-American man dreamed about do to the African-American man?

5. Who does the Duchess represent?

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