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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 happens because of the African-American man's feelings about himself?
2. What city does "Negro" tell the audience she lives in?
3. What does the Landlady repeatedly do?
4. What did the person the African-American man dreamed about do to the African-American man?
5. Who does the African-American man say he dreamed about?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. When the characters begin speaking in unison what do they say?
3. What is symbolic about Sarah saying she killed her own father?
4. What does the Landlady believe about Sarah's father's death?
5. What is symbolic about Harlem in Part 3?
6. What did the African-American man's father tell his son was going to come after him?
7. What do the Duchess and Jesus do to each other in Part 4?
8. What is symbolic about the bag of hair the Duchess brings on stage?
9. Describe how Sarah says she killed her father.
10. Why is Sarah's hair falling out?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
The African-American man's father wanted to become a messiah for his people. How was he going to become a messiah and for what purpose? What statement is Adrienne Kennedy making by creating this goal for the character?
Essay Topic 3
How does Adrienne Kennedy's background influence the topic of this this play?
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