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

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

3. 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.

4. What does the Landlady tell Sarah about her father?
(a) That her father was an honorable man.
(b) That he is not her father.
(c) That his death is not her fault.
(d) That her death is her fault.

5. What causes "Negro" to lose her hair?
(a) She pulls it out.
(b) Stress.
(c) Chemotherapy.
(d) Self-recognition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Raymond dressed as?

2. Where does "Negro" tell people she lives?

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

4. What sound is heard throughout Part 2?

5. Why does the Landlady believe Sarah's hair is falling out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sound occurs during the Duchess' scene with Jesus? Who makes the knocking noise?

2. Whose story do the characters on stage in Part 5 tell? What do they repeat over and over?

3. What did Sarah's father send her and why?

4. Describe the set at the opening of Adrienne Kennedy's play.

5. When the characters begin speaking in unison what do they say?

6. Whose story does the African-American man tell in Part 3?

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

8. How does Sarah describe herself?

9. Why is Sarah's hair falling out?

10. What is symbolic about all of the characters losing their hair?

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