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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is symbolic about what the Duchess is losing?
(a) She is becoming a hippie.
(b) She is sexually confused.
(c) She is leaving capitalist society.
(d) She is shedding her African American traits.

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

4. What is Raymond dressed as?
(a) A witch.
(b) A waiter.
(c) A funhouse guide.
(d) A warrior.

5. What was the person the African-American man dreamed about doing?
(a) Reading a book.
(b) Singing.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Calling to him.

6. Who does "Negro" transform into?
(a) Sarah.
(b) The queen.
(c) The duchess.
(d) The landlady.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What is the job of the Duchess' father symbolic of?
(a) The stereotype of African-Americans as entertainers.
(b) The joy in her family.
(c) The Harlem Renaissance.
(d) African-Americans losing themselves to the "white man's" religion.

13. Who is making the noise that the the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria hear throughout the scene?
(a) The Landlady.
(b) The Queens' father.
(c) Sarah.
(d) The Duchess' father.

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

15. What was happening to the person the African-American man dreamed about?
(a) He or she was dying.
(b) He or she was losing their hair.
(c) He or she was bleeding.
(d) He or she was getting a hair cut.

Short Answer Questions

1. The African-American man reappears in the scene with the Duchess and the Queen. What is he carrying?

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

3. Where does "Negro" tell people she lives?

4. What is symbolic about the African-American man's hair?

5. Who is Raymond?

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