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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 didn't Jean recognize about Berenger in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His smile.
(c) His hair.
(d) His voice.

2. What does Jean say that Berenger reeks of in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Dog.
(b) Stench.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Cologne.

3. What does Jean say he doesn't believe in in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Religion.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Illness.

4. What does Jean take from his coat pocket to give to Berenger in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Glasses.
(b) A toothbrush.
(c) A tie.
(d) A newspaper.

5. What season is it in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Logician say must be a cat, because of logic in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

2. Where does Berenger decide not to go at the end of Act 1 in Rhinoceros?

3. What does Jean say that doctors do in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

4. What kind of integrity does Jean say "we have to get back to" in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

5. What color hair does Daisy have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the appearance of a Rhinoceros presented to the audience in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

2. What correlation does Ionesco make between capitalism and rhinoceroses in the play Rhinoceros?

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

4. What is Berenger's argument against the rhinoceroses in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

5. What is the logician teaching his friend in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

6. Is Jean's transformation in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros a voluntary one? Why or why not?

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

8. What is the association between ethical morality and the rhinoceroses in Rhinoceros?

9. How does Jean's demeanor transform in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

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

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