View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does August say that his sister was "scraped off the street?"
(a) Eastern Asia.
(b) Africa.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Cleveland.

2. What does Dan proceed to do after Delia's arrival in Act 1?
(a) Dance with his wife.
(b) Pass around a joint.
(c) Pour wine for everyone.
(d) Leave for the dig site.

3. What does August say his father did to Delia?
(a) Abused her.
(b) Laughed at her.
(c) Abandoned her.
(d) Worshiped her.

4. What are the directions that August gives Dianne regarding his recording?
(a) To match them with the corresponding slides.
(b) To mail them to the university.
(c) To listen to them.
(d) To type them up.

5. Who is the author of the Aztec poem that is recited in Act 1?
(a) Tinkonuktu.
(b) The shaman it was buried by.
(c) It is unknown.
(d) A God-King.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Delia's ex-husband's sell?

2. What do Dan's notes state the two mounds in a village were for?

3. What does Delia believe about the human eye from looking at charts as a child?

4. Delia admits to Jean in Act 1 that she is what?

5. Who comes to comfort Kirsten at the end of Act 1 Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of Cynthia. Who is she in relation to the main character? How old is she? What is her profession?

2. What is the outcome of "Legacy" to August at the end of the play? How does this make him a Tragic Hero?

3. How does the word "excavation" relate literally and figuratively in the play? What is being excavated in both senses of the word?

4. Why did Delia lock herself in her apartment after completing her book? Who found her?

5. Where is Chad at the end of the play?

6. Which character was created by Lanford Wilson for the actor Tanya Berezin? Why?

7. Describe the term which refers to the use of projections in the play. What effect does this theatrical device serve?

8. In the end of Act 2, Part 3, August repeats the word "nothing." What does this imply?

9. Compare the characters of August and Chad. How are they alike? How are they different?

10. Is the mask that was discovered made of gold? Why does August state that it is?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 907 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample