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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 what the Duchess is losing?
(a) She is sexually confused.
(b) She is leaving capitalist society.
(c) She is shedding her African American traits.
(d) She is becoming a hippie.

2. How does the African-American man speak about his life?
(a) Positively.
(b) With joy.
(c) Negatively.
(d) In song.

3. What hairstyle does the Duchess' mother have?
(a) She is bald.
(b) Ponytail.
(c) Perm.
(d) Curls.

4. What are the hairpieces that the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria wear made of?
(a) Long red hair.
(b) Straight black hair.
(c) Wild, curly black hair.
(d) Straight blonde hair.

5. What does the Landlady repeatedly do?
(a) Shout.
(b) Scream.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Cry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the Duchess missing half of at the start of Part 2?

3. How does Sarah claim she killed her father?

4. How does the African-American man feel about himself?

5. What does "Negro" claim is her only African-American feature?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the white woman who crosses the stage in the white nightgown say the first time? What does she say the second time she crosses the stage?

2. Who appears onstage after the lights go out in Part 5 and what does she announce?

3. What does the Duchess say about her mother?

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

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

6. What is the symbolism behind the new setting in Part 5?

7. What happened to the African-American man's father?

8. What does the Duchess look like at the start of Part 2?

9. Who was the African-American man's grandmother against her son marrying?

10. Who appears on stage with Sarah and what does he do to Sarah?

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