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Adrienne Kennedy
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Funnyhouse of a Negro Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Adrienne Kennedy
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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 ethnicity is the person who makes the continuous noise in Part 1?
(a) Asian.
(b) Hispanic.
(c) African-American.
(d) White.

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

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

4. What does the Duchess ask Raymond to do?
(a) Kiss her.
(b) Marry her.
(c) Kill her.
(d) Hide her.

5. 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 Queens' father.
(d) The Duchess' father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the African-American man say happened to his hair?

3. What hairstyle does the Duchess' mother have?

4. What does the African American man claim he was born between?

5. What did the person the African-American man dreamed about do to the African-American man?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the African-American man's father tell his son was going to come after him?

2. Who is Raymond?

3. Why does Patrice Lumumba's hair fall out?

4. What happened when Sarah tried to visit her father?

5. How does Sarah describe herself?

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

7. What does the audience see after the stage goes into darkness?

8. How does Sarah describe the rooms around her?

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

10. Describe the character, the Landlady.

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