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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the Duchess bring to the Queen?
(a) A plate of food.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A bag of hair.
(d) A bag of clothes.

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

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

8. Who opens Part 2 of Adrienne Kennedy's play?
(a) Duchess and the queen.
(b) The Duchess and Raymond.
(c) The Landylady.
(d) Sarah.

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

10. What is the Duchess missing half of at the start of Part 2?
(a) Half of her hair.
(b) Half of her fingers.
(c) Half of her makeup.
(d) Half of her money.

11. How does the African-American man speak about his life?
(a) With joy.
(b) In song.
(c) Negatively.
(d) Positively.

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

13. What does the African American man claim he was born between?
(a) A mother and father.
(b) A rock and a hard place.
(c) Two generations.
(d) Two worlds.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Landlady believe Sarah thinks she is?

3. What does Queen Victoria discover in her scene?

4. What did the person the African-American man dreamed about do to the African-American man?

5. What color does "Negro" believe to be the color of evil?

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