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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 did Val do whenever paper money was dropped in the kitty?
(a) Sang.
(b) Cried.
(c) Whistled.
(d) Laughed.

2. What does Val say he needs to fix his buckle?
(a) Thread.
(b) Pliers.
(c) Scissors.
(d) A needle.

3. What is written on Val's guitar?
(a) Spells.
(b) Poems.
(c) Autographs.
(d) Lyrics.

4. What ring does Carol say that Val was wearing when she met him before?
(a) A snake ring.
(b) A turtle ring.
(c) A ring with a dove.
(d) A wedding ring.

5. Where does Carol get money for the pay phone?
(a) The window.
(b) The safe.
(c) The cash box.
(d) Her purse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Carol Cutrere's brother's name?

2. Who does Beulah say Lady's heart was broken by?

3. Where is the play set?

4. What does Carol ask Uncle Pleasant to do?

5. How much time has passed between Act 1, Scene 1 and Act 1, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Val's memory of the woman he saw on the bayou?

2. What happens when the Conjure Man appears in the beginning of Act 3 Scene 3?

3. How does Lady hear that Val is leaving town? What is her response?

4. Why does Val say that Jim Crow killed Bessie Smith?

5. What does Val say about questions and waiting for answers in Act 2?

6. Why does Lady enter panicked at the beginning of Act 3?

7. What does Val ask Lady after the Nurse leaves? What does she respond?

8. What does Lady offer Val to save him money in Act 2?

9. How does Val regard his guitar?

10. In what time and place is Orpheus Descending set?

(see the answer keys)

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