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

2. What is the name that August refers to the site as?
(a) Blue Shoals Village site.
(b) Mountain Springs Village site.
(c) God-King Village site.
(d) Jasker Village site.

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

4. Who discovers the evidence of the village site?
(a) August.
(b) Engineers preparing the lake bed.
(c) The archeology team.
(d) The archeology students.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Delia describe her father's office?

2. Where is the dig site located?

3. Which character says, "Jesus, dear God, but it's bleak here."

4. What does Dan say his roommate studied in college?

5. At the beginning of Act 1 Part 6, there is a slide of a fire. What does August say this is?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jean's experience as a spelling bee champion lead to her current career path? Was this a direct or indirect route?

2. Explain the relationship of Dan and Jean. How are they related and how long have they known each other?

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

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

5. Who wrote the poem that Dan recites in Act 1? What significance is the poem to the play?

6. What does the rain represent in Act 2?

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

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

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

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

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