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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does Carol make a phone call to in Act 1 Scene 1?

2. Where did Jabe have surgery?

3. What does Jabe do to summon Lady upstairs?

4. What does Beulah say Lady's father had?

5. What is said in Val's character reference?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Val brush off Carol in Act 1?

2. How does Val regard his guitar?

3. Why does Lady call the pharmacist in Act 1 Scene 2?

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

5. What does the Nurse accuse Lady of before leaving?

6. Why did the woman call to complain about Val? What really happened?

7. Why have the women come to the store in the beginning of the play?

8. Who has signed Val's guitar?

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

10. What does Jabe say after Lady is shot? What does he do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the role of the Conjure Man in Orpheus Descending. What does he represent? Why is the the last person we see in this play?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of Music in Orpheus Descending. What role does Music and Art play in the themes of this play? Who represents music and art?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the imagery that Lady uses to define herself. How does the monkey relate to Lady? How does the fig tree?

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