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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does August say that the remains of an extensive village were discovered?
(a) Not six hundred yards from the house.
(b) Across the river.
(c) In the neighboring town.
(d) Under the lake bed.

3. Which character says, "The natives get restless at night. The dogs raid the hen houses?"
(a) Delia.
(b) Cynthia.
(c) August.
(d) Dan.

4. Who is mentioned by Delia that wrote a book about the eye and vision?
(a) Her father.
(b) August.
(c) August's ex-wife.
(d) Her husband.

5. What does August state on the recorder that he intends to do at the beginning of Act 1?
(a) Illustrate the current expedition.
(b) Go through what is left of the wreckage of the expedition.
(c) Re-sort his life.
(d) Write a letter to his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who enters the darkness with a flashlight in the end of Act 1 Part 2?

2. Jean asks Delia, "Where does it hurt, D.K.?" What is Delia's reply?

3. What is the name that August refers to the site as?

4. How is Kirsten related to Cynthia?

5. What activity is Jean doing in Act 1 Part 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the name of the ancient civilization that is being excavated in the play? What are some of the key characteristics of that society that are mentioned in the play?

2. What does the discovery in Act 2 Part 1 lead Dan to theorize about this ancient culture?

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

4. What does August say blinds a man "to the passing moon?" What does he mean?

5. Who's character studied books written by Delia in college? How did he/she feel about those books?

6. Who is suspiciously holding the flashlight in the blackout at the end of Act 1? Why?

7. Describe the set of The Mound Builders. What furniture is used? How are the two locations in the play differentiated through the set design?

8. Which character's father was a physiologist? Describe the father's office from the perspective of that character.

9. How does August feel about "aesthetics?" Why?

10. What is the climax of the play? Where does this occur?

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