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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. Who is Raymond?

3. What is symbolic about the African-American man's hair?

4. What does the Landlady say happened to Sarah's father?

5. What does the African-American man say happened to his hair?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whose point of view do the characters on stage begin to speak from? What do they say?

2. What is symbolic about Harlem in Part 3?

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

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

5. What appears in the center of the stage? How does Sarah react?

6. Describe the set at the opening of Adrienne Kennedy's play.

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

8. Who does Jesus believe his father is?

9. What does the white woman who crosses the stage in the white nightgown say the first time? What does she say the second time she crosses the stage?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the central conflicts present in Adrienne Kennedy's play. Discuss the importance of this conflict and how it effects one character other then Sarah. How does this conflict help express the theme of racial identity? Site specific examples from the text to make your argument.

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

How does Adrienne Kennedy's background influence the topic of this this play?

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