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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is making the noise that the the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria hear throughout the scene?
(a) The Landlady.
(b) Sarah.
(c) The Duchess' father.
(d) The Queens' father.

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 black mask.
(c) A bag of hair.
(d) A blanket.

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

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

5. What is the African-American man's dream symbolic of?
(a) Sarah's fear of rejection.
(b) Sarah's fear of intimacy.
(c) The Landlady's fear of intimacy.
(d) Sarah's mother's fear of intimacy with an African-American male.

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

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

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

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

10. What are the hairpieces that the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria wear made of?
(a) Straight blonde hair.
(b) Wild, curly black hair.
(c) Straight black hair.
(d) Long red hair.

11. At the start of the play a white woman walks across the stage. What is the white woman wearing?
(a) An African dress.
(b) A towel.
(c) A suit.
(d) A nightgown.

12. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Landlady repeatedly do?

2. What does "Negro" claim is her only African-American feature?

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

4. Who does the African-American man say he dreamed about?

5. How does the African-American man speak about his life?

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