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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the Landlady say Sarah stays?
(a) In the bar.
(b) In the closet.
(c) In her room.
(d) In the library.

2. The African-American man reappears in the scene with the Duchess and the Queen. What is he carrying?
(a) A plate of food.
(b) A bag of hair.
(c) A black mask.
(d) A blanket.

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

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

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

6. What does the Duchess' reaction to her father cause her to do?
(a) Lose her hair.
(b) Lose her money.
(c) Lose her job.
(d) Lose her identity.

7. Why does the Landlady believe Sarah's hair is falling out?
(a) Sarah shaves her head.
(b) She is suffering from the death of her father.
(c) Stress.
(d) Chemotherapy.

8. Where does the play open?
(a) In Sarah's room.
(b) In a school house.
(c) In a funhouse.
(d) In a bar.

9. 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.

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

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

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

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

14. What sound is heard throughout Part 2?
(a) Screaming.
(b) Knocking.
(c) Clapping.
(d) Crying.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the African American man refer to himself as?

2. An African-American man walks on stage in Part 2. What is he carrying?

3. Where are the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria in Part 1?

4. What is symbolic about what the Duchess is losing?

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

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