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

2. What is the white statue in "Negro's" room of?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) David.
(c) Queen Victoria.
(d) Venus.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the play's stage setting supposed to represent?

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

3. What is the job of the Duchess' father symbolic of?

4. Who does the Duchess represent?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is symbolic about Harlem in Part 3?

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

4. Describe Patrice Lumumba.

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

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

7. Describe the African-American man that walks on stage in Part 2.

8. What is symbolic about the mask the African-American man carries on stage?

9. What did Sarah's father say his existence depends on and what does this mean?

10. Describe the character, the Landlady.

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