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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Sarah claim she killed her father?
(a) She knocked him over the head.
(b) She hanged him.
(c) She stabbed him.
(d) She shot him.

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

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

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

10. What happens because of the African-American man's feelings about himself?
(a) He kills himself.
(b) He receives a promotion.
(c) His hair falls out.
(d) He becomes wealthy.

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

12. Who is Raymond?
(a) A black man.
(b) An Asian man.
(c) A Latino man.
(d) A white man.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the white woman do as she walks across the stage?

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

3. What does Sarah claim she used to kill her father?

4. What does the Duchess' reaction to her father cause her to do?

5. What is Raymond dressed as?

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