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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 word is printed above the grocery shop in Rhinoceros?
(a) Ecole.
(b) Epicerie.
(c) Grocery.
(d) Epistare.

2. What does Jean tell Berenger he's headed for in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Cirrhosis.
(b) High blood pressure.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Stroke.

3. Who does the Logician say must be a cat, because of logic in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Plato.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Socrates.

4. What does Jean berate Berenger for when they meet in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Bringing his cat.
(b) Coming alone.
(c) Being late.
(d) Bringing his dog.

5. Where does Berenger decide not to go at the end of Act 1 in Rhinoceros?
(a) The zoo.
(b) The office.
(c) The theater.
(d) The museum.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the old man in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros say Jean was the last time he saw him?

2. What didn't Jean recognize about Berenger in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

3. What does the Logician tell the old gentleman he's going to explain to him in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

4. What is notable about Jean's skin in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

5. Who does Botard blame the rhinoceros on in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros?

Short Essay Questions

1. What about the rhinoceroses is discovered in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

2. What argument breaks out about the rhinoceroses in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

3. How does Ionesco illuminate Berenger's drinking problem in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

4. Whose presence startles Berenger in Act 1 of Rhinoceros? How does he react? Why?

5. Who does Daisy call in the end of Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros? Why?

6. What does the housewife break in Act 1 of Rhinoceros? What is the grocer's suggestion?

7. What characters are realistic in Act 1 of Rhinoceros? Which are not?

8. What is the reaction of the office of the unexpected visitor's news in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros?

9. What are Berenger's coworkers discussing from the newspaper in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros?

10. What does Mrs. Boeuf realize about the rhinoceros in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros? What does she do?

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