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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. 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 nothing.
(d) It represents Sarah's shedding of African American identity.

2. What city does "Negro" tell the audience she lives in?
(a) New York.
(b) Baltimore.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Nashville.

3. Where are the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria in Part 1?
(a) Sarah's room.
(b) The chamber room.
(c) The Queen's room.
(d) The park.

4. How does the African-American man feel about himself?
(a) He despises himself.
(b) He thinks he is handsome.
(c) He thinks he is manly.
(d) He loves himself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Duchess think her father wants to do to her?

2. Who opens Part 2 of Adrienne Kennedy's play?

3. What is symbolic about what the Duchess is losing?

4. What is the white statue in "Negro's" room of?

5. An African-American man walks on stage in Part 2. What is he carrying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Landlady believe about Sarah's father's death?

2. Describe Patrice Lumumba.

3. What is symbolic about Harlem in Part 3?

4. In Part 1, who does the audience learn is knocking?

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

6. Why is Sarah's hair falling out?

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

8. Describe the African-American man's dream in Part 2.

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

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

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