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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. Where does the Duchess say her mother is?
(a) In hell.
(b) In an asylum.
(c) In a retirement home.
(d) In heaven.

2. What happens because of the African-American man's feelings about himself?
(a) His hair falls out.
(b) He receives a promotion.
(c) He kills himself.
(d) He becomes wealthy.

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

4. How does Adrienne Kennedy describe the Landlady's character?
(a) Stoic.
(b) Man-like.
(c) Clown-like.
(d) Dull.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Queen Victoria say in her scene with the Duchess in Part 2?

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

5. What was happening to the person the African-American man dreamed about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the lighting in Part 5 change the setting?

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

3. What does the truth Raymond reveals about Sarah say about her?

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

5. What emotions does the Duchess feel towards her father?

6. What do the Duchess and Jesus do to each other in Part 4?

7. Whose point of view do the characters on stage begin to speak from? What do they say?

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

9. What is symbolic about the cross in Part 3?

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

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