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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 did the Duchess' father do for a job?

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

3. What did the Duchess' father do to her mother?

4. Where was the person the African-American man dreamed about sitting?

5. What did the person the African-American man dreamed about do to the African-American man?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did the African-American man's mother end up?

3. What is symbolic about all of the characters losing their hair?

4. What is symbolic about Sarah saying she killed her own father?

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

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

7. How does the lighting in Part 5 change the setting?

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

9. Who is Raymond?

10. What does the Duchess tell Raymond about her father in Part 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the set of the play influence the audiences reaction to the play? How does the set influence the message the author is trying to convey? Site specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the historical significance of Patrice Lumumba and how Adrienne Kennedy uses him in her play. How does the life of Patrice Lumumba bring forth the message that Kennedy is trying to convey?

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