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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 Daisy do in the end of Act 3 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Marries Dudard.
(b) Slaps Berrenger.
(c) Joins the rhinoceroses.
(d) Marries Berrenger.

2. Who is considered to have an inferiority complex in Act 3 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Papillon.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Botard.
(d) Dudard.

3. Who does Berenger see has turned into a rhinoceros from the window in Act 3 of Rhinoceros?
(a) The Teacher.
(b) The Logician.
(c) Daisy.
(d) Papillon.

4. Father-Jacques tells his son that it is his duty to ensure the continuity of what in The Future is in the Eggs?
(a) The French.
(b) The black race.
(c) The Catholics.
(d) The white race.

5. Father-Jacques says "In our family it's the man's job" to do what in The Future is in the Eggs?
(a) Cook the dinner.
(b) Hatch the eggs.
(c) Bear the eggs.
(d) Break the eggs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Girl-Friend do when Young Lover says, "It means that between us there is a basis of understanding on which we can build the edifice of our future"?

2. What does Girl-Friend suggest to Young Lover that they do upon their second entrance in The Leader?

3. Who is one of the leading personalities turned rhinoceros that Daisy mentions in Act 3 of Rhinoceros?

4. What does the audience do when the leader is announced in the distance in The Leader?

5. Dudard claims in Act 3 of Rhinoceros that Mr. Papillon's transformation was his way of ___ himself.

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Berenger different than the other characters in Rhinoceros?

2. Describe the appearance of the Leader in the end of The Leader.

3. What do the two families do once the "news" has been exposed in The Future is in the Eggs?

4. What does Jacques's family inform him of in The Future is in the Eggs? What is his reaction?

5. What does Roberta's father bring from the kitchen in The Future is in the Eggs?

6. What actions does the Leader do offstage? How do we know?

7. What is Daisy representative of in society in the play Rhinoceros? How does this affect Berenger?

8. Who does Dudard represent symbolically in the play Rhinoceros?

9. What is Ionesco's principle theme in The Future is in the Eggs?

10. What does Dudard tell Berenger about work in Act 3 of Rhinoceros? What is Berenger's reaction?

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