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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Part 2, what does the African-American man claim he did?
(a) Beat his father to death.
(b) Became very successful.
(c) Raped a woman.
(d) Went to prison.

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

3. What does the object around "Negro's" neck symbolize?
(a) Religion.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Lynching.
(d) The cold climate.

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

5. What does "Negro" claim is her only African-American feature?
(a) Her skin tone.
(b) Her eyes.
(c) Her ears.
(d) Her hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is symbolic about the African-American man's hair?

2. At the start of the play a white woman walks across the stage. What is the white woman wearing?

3. Who is making the noise that the the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria hear throughout the scene?

4. Who does the African-American man that walks on stage represent?

5. What color dress does the woman Adrienne Kennedy refers to as "Negro" wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Duchess tell Raymond about her father in Part 2?

2. What happened to the African-American man's father?

3. Describe Patrice Lumumba.

4. What did the African-American man's father do to his mother? Why?

5. Where did the African-American man's mother end up?

6. What does Raymond accuse Sarah of? What is the truth?

7. What hope did the African-American man's father's mother have for him?

8. Which character returns to the stage and whose story does she tell?

9. Describe the character, the Landlady.

10. How did the African-American man take care of his mother? What was his father's reaction?

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