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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. Who is left alone in the dark at the end of Act 1 Part 6?
(a) Chad.
(b) Delia.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Dan.

2. How many houses does Cynthia surmise there might have been in the village?
(a) Forty.
(b) One-hundred.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Ten.

3. Jean says to Delia that the Temple Mound People were likely runaways from whom?
(a) The Aztecs.
(b) The Toltecs.
(c) The Cherokee.
(d) The Incas.

4. Why does August have to go to the airport in Act 1?
(a) To fly to the university.
(b) To get his sister.
(c) To pick up Jean and Dan.
(d) To pick up his brother.

5. What does August say that they were racing against early in Act 1?
(a) The lease ending.
(b) Being shut down by preservationists.
(c) An interstate being built.
(d) The construction of a dam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does August state on the recorder that he intends to do at the beginning of Act 1?

2. Which character says in Act 1, "The truth is in dreams and nightmares, but you haven't succeeded in getting that down?"

3. What is Delia's father's profession?

4. How many villagers does Dan say supposedly were in Cahokia?

5. How long is Jean taking off work?

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

4. What fact about Jean's character does Dan ask that August not reveal to the others early in the play? Why?

5. What does Delia compare her book to? Why?

6. Describe Lanford Wilson's use of narrative in The Mound Builders. In what ways does he choose to reveal the exposition of the play?

7. What does the rain represent in Act 2?

8. What has been discovered in Act 2 Part 1? Who tells about this discovery? What is the reaction?

9. How does Chad react to the news of Jean's pregnancy? Why?

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

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