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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 say happened to Sarah's father?
(a) He shot himself.
(b) He married a new wife.
(c) He hanged himself.
(d) He moved to the city.

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

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

4. What is the Duchess afraid of in Part 2?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) The Queen.

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

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

7. How does the African-American man feel about himself?
(a) He despises himself.
(b) He thinks he is manly.
(c) He loves himself.
(d) He thinks he is handsome.

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

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

10. What does the Duchess think her father wants to do to her?
(a) Send her away.
(b) Murder her.
(c) Take her to dinner.
(d) Touch her like he did her mother.

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

12. What do the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria wear on their faces?
(a) Silk scarves.
(b) Masks or black makeup.
(c) Masks or white makeup.
(d) Feathers.

13. What does the white woman do as she walks across the stage?
(a) She sobs.
(b) She screams.
(c) She mumbles.
(d) She laughs.

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

15. What did the person the African-American man dreamed about keep saying?
(a) "Black man."
(b) "Death."
(c) "White man."
(d) "Hate."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Duchess bring to the Queen?

2. What does the audience realize the white woman is muttering as she crosses the stage a second time?

3. What does the Landlady tell Sarah about her father?

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

5. What hairstyle does the Duchess' mother have?

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