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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Duchess ask Raymond to do?
(a) Marry her.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Hide her.
(d) Kiss her.

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

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

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

5. Who is Raymond?
(a) An Asian man.
(b) A white man.
(c) A Latino man.
(d) A black man.

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

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

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

9. What does the object around "Negro's" neck symbolize?
(a) Religion.
(b) The cold climate.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Lynching.

10. What is the play's stage setting supposed to represent?
(a) Downtown Harlem.
(b) A farm.
(c) A funhouse.
(d) A circus.

11. What is the white statue in "Negro's" room of?
(a) Venus.
(b) Queen Victoria.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) David.

12. What did the Duchess' father do to her mother?
(a) He married her.
(b) He divorced her.
(c) He raped her.
(d) He killed her.

13. What does the Landlady tell Sarah about her father?
(a) That her father was an honorable man.
(b) That he is not her father.
(c) That his death is not her fault.
(d) That her death is her fault.

14. What occupation did "Negro" used to hold?
(a) Barber.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Student.
(d) Waitress.

15. What did the person the African-American man dreamed about do to the African-American man?
(a) Kissed him.
(b) Hurt him.
(c) Chased him.
(d) Hugged him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the white woman do as she walks across the stage?

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

3. What does "Negro" long to have?

4. On what did "Negro" write poetry?

5. What happens because of the African-American man's feelings about himself?

(see the answer keys)

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