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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 was happening to the person the African-American man dreamed about?
2. Why do the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria feel bound to the Duchess' father?
3. What ethnicity is the person who makes the continuous noise in Part 1?
4. What is odd about the Duchess father's presence?
5. Who is making the noise that the the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria hear throughout the scene?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Sarah's father say his existence depends on and what does this mean?
2. What did the African-American man's father tell his son was going to come after him?
3. What is symbolic about the bag of hair the Duchess brings on stage?
4. Describe the African-American man that walks on stage in Part 2.
5. What sound occurs during the Duchess' scene with Jesus? Who makes the knocking noise?
6. How does the Duchess help Jesus cope with his missing hair?
7. Who was the African-American man's grandmother against her son marrying?
8. Who appears on stage with Sarah and what does he do to Sarah?
9. What does the Duchess say about her mother?
10. Describe the character, the Landlady.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast Adrienne Kennedy's use of the noose and the cross in her play. How are these two items symbolically similar? How are they different? How do both objects speak to Kennedy's theme of racial identity? Site specific examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
How does Adrienne Kennedy use the character of the Landlady in a way similar Greek chorus? Describe a traditional Greek chorus' role in the theater.What is the Landlady's role in the play? What relationship does the audience have with her?
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