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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 the Duchess missing half of at the start of Part 2?

2. What does Queen Victoria discover in her scene?

3. What did the person the African-American man dreamed about keep saying?

4. How does the African-American man speak about his life?

5. What does Sarah claim she used to kill her father?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Sarah describe herself?

3. Describe how Sarah says she killed her father.

4. Where did the African-American man's father's mother want him to travel and why?

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

6. What did the African-American man's father tell his son was going to come after him?

7. What is significant about the Duchess showing Jesus how to wear his hair?

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

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

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

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

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 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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