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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What calms the balding character down in Part 4?

2. What is the significance of the ability for the characters to hide their hair loss?

3. What did Sarah's father say that his existence depended on?

4. What did the African-American man's mother want him to learn on his journey?

5. Who returns to the stage in Part 4?

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

What real world events influence Adrienne Kennedy? How does she incorporate world events into her play? Does she do so subtly or are they obvious? Choose one real event or person that influences Kennedy and discuss how it manifests itself in her play.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of racial identity in this play. How does Adrienne Kennedy weave this theme throughout her play? How does racial identity drive the actions of the characters? Choose two characters and compare and contrast the ways they deal with racial identity in this play.

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