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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 does Mrs. Boeuf come to tell Mr. Papillon in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Her son is ill.
(b) Her husband is quitting.
(c) Her husband is sick.
(d) Her husband has died.

2. What does Jean say hurts in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?
(a) His legs.
(b) His forehead.
(c) His feelings.
(d) His spleen.

3. What color suit is Jean wearing in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Grey.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

4. What is the old man named who appears in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Berenger.
(b) Papillon.
(c) Dudard.
(d) Jean.

5. What did the second rhinoceros run over in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?
(a) A dog.
(b) A child.
(c) A woman.
(d) A cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season is it in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

2. What does Berenger say that too much energy can unsettle in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

3. Who does Mr. Papillon tell Daisy to call in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros?

4. Berenger suggests to Jean in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros that maybe he has a touch of what?

5. What is Botard's former profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ionesco connect rhinoceros ideology to that of fascism in Rhinoceros?

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

3. What is Berenger's reaction to the first rhinoceros in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

4. What is Jean's state when Berenger arrives in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

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

6. Who runs into the office in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros? Why?

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

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

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

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

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