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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes "Negro" to lose her hair?
(a) Chemotherapy.
(b) She pulls it out.
(c) Self-recognition.
(d) Stress.

2. What is symbolic about the African-American man's hair?
(a) It represents Sarah's shedding of African American identity.
(b) It represents Sarah's growth.
(c) It represents the the change in society.
(d) It represents nothing.

3. Where was the person the African-American man dreamed about sitting?
(a) On a beach.
(b) On the floor.
(c) On a chair.
(d) On a bed.

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

5. At the end of Part 2, what does the African-American man claim he did?
(a) Beat his father to death.
(b) Became very successful.
(c) Went to prison.
(d) Raped a woman.

6. Why do the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria feel bound to the Duchess' father?
(a) Because he keeps returning.
(b) Because they are sisters.
(c) Because he lends them money.
(d) Because they share a home.

7. 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.

8. What does "Negro" long to have?
(a) Black friends.
(b) Money.
(c) Family.
(d) White friends.

9. What did the Duchess' father do for a job?
(a) He was a clown.
(b) He was an actor.
(c) He was a writer.
(d) He was a missionary.

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

11. What does Sarah claim she used to kill her father?
(a) A gun.
(b) A noose.
(c) A black skull.
(d) A knife.

12. An African-American man walks on stage in Part 2. What is he carrying?
(a) A baby.
(b) A knife.
(c) A bible.
(d) A mask.

13. Who does the African-American man say he dreamed about?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) God.
(d) His uncle.

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

15. What are the hairpieces that the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria wear made of?
(a) Straight blonde hair.
(b) Straight black hair.
(c) Wild, curly black hair.
(d) Long red hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Duchess afraid of in Part 2?

2. What did the Duchess' father do to her mother?

3. What does "Negro" claim is her only African-American feature?

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

5. What do the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria wear on their faces?

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