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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Landlady believe Sarah thinks she is?
(a) A queen.
(b) An actress.
(c) A dancer.
(d) A princess.

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

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

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

5. What does the audience realize the white woman is muttering as she crosses the stage a second time?
(a) That she will never let a black man touch her.
(b) That the voices will not stop.
(c) That she will never let a white man touch her.
(d) That she is God.

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

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

8. What does the Landlady repeatedly do?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Shout.
(c) Scream.
(d) Cry.

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

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

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

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

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

14. Where does the Duchess say her mother is?
(a) In a retirement home.
(b) In heaven.
(c) In hell.
(d) In an asylum.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the hairpieces that the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria wear made of?

2. What city does "Negro" tell the audience she lives in?

3. Who does "Negro" transform into?

4. At the end of Part 2, what does the African-American man claim he did?

5. What does Queen Victoria say in her scene with the Duchess in Part 2?

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