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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 Duchess' reaction to her father cause her to do?

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

4. At the end of Part 2, what does the African-American man claim he did?

5. What does Queen Victoria discover in her scene?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jesus scream at the start of Part 4?

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

3. How did the African-American man take care of his mother? What was his father's reaction?

4. What does the Duchess say about her mother?

5. What is symbolic about the bag of hair the Duchess brings on stage?

6. What does Raymond accuse Sarah of? What is the truth?

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

8. Describe the Duchess and Queen Victoria the first time the audience sees them.

9. When Jesus wakes up who does he say he will kill and for who?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Adrienne Kennedy specifically mentions Harlem in her play. Describe the history of Harlem and write about the relevance of Harlem in the play's theme of racial identity.

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

At the end of the play Sarah is confronted by a statue of Queen Victoria. Who is Queen Victoria? Describe her role in the play? Who is she in real life? Why does this final confrontation result in Sarah's death? Site specific examples from the text to make your argument.

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