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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 does Queen Victoria discover in her scene?

2. What is heard throughout the scene with the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria?

3. Who does the African American man refer to himself as?

4. What does the Landlady believe Sarah thinks she is?

5. Where does the play open?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened when Sarah's father went to visit her?

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

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

5. Describe the character, the Landlady.

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

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

8. What does the African-American man's father feel about himself?

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

What is Raymond's role in Adrienne Kennedy's play? How is he similar or different to the landlady? Discuss the outfit Kennedy describes Raymond wearing. What is symbolic about this outfit?

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