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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is heard throughout the scene with the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria?

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

3. What color dress does the woman Adrienne Kennedy refers to as "Negro" wear?

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

5. What city does "Negro" tell the audience she lives in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the character of "Negro."

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

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

6. What did the African-American man's father do to his mother? Why?

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

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

9. What does the African-American man's father feel about himself?

10. How does the Duchess react to Jesus' hair falling out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Raymond mean when he says that Sarah's father "eats at a white glass table?" Analyze the statement and relate it to Adrienne Kennedy's theme of racial identity.

Essay Topic 2

Sarah and her father attempt to reconcile on Easter. Discuss why this holiday is significant to the play and to the character of Sarah. Choose one other religious theme within the play and discuss how it is relevant to the theme of racial identity.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of the knocking sound throughout the play. When does the knocking sound occur? Who makes the noise? What does the knocking represent? Site specific examples from the text.

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