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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dan say the God-King dressed in?
(a) Eagles feathers.
(b) Golden jewelry.
(c) Swan feathers.
(d) Animal hides.

2. What does Delia compare the novel she wrote to in Act 2?
(a) A riddle.
(b) A Russian doll.
(c) A Chinese puzzle box.
(d) All of the answers are true.

3. What have August and Dan discovered at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) A mask.
(b) A gold sceptor.
(c) A burial site.
(d) A child's skeleton.

4. What literary term defines August's statement of blindness to the passing moon?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Malapropism.
(c) Simile.
(d) Poetic metaphor.

5. How does Dan almost drown the previous summer?
(a) Chad pushed him off the pier.
(b) He fell out of the boat drunk.
(c) A fish pulled him under.
(d) He was knocked out by an oar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is present at the opening of Act 2?

2. What does Delia do to calm down the hysterical Jean in Act 2?

3. Which character says, "I owe him my life, he's not got anything on me?"

4. What does August say to Delia at the end of Act 2 Part 4, as a means of lashing out at her?

5. What does Delia ask Jean to do at the very end of Act 1?

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