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

2. What does Berenger do when he sees Daisy in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

3. How many horns did the first rhinoceros have in Act 1, according to Jean?

4. Who answers the door at the old man's room in the end of Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

5. What time does the clock say at the opening of Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Berenger note about Jean's appearance in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

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

10. Who is the old man who lives next to Jean? What does he tell Berenger in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the syllogisms which the Logician presents in Act 1 of Rhinoceros. What is Ionesco saying through these examples? How do they tie to the play's themes?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the relationships between Berenger, Daisy, and Dudard in Rhinoceros. How do each of these characters feel about the other? How does this affect their actions?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters of Berenger and Jean in Rhinoceros. How are they different in appearance, ideals, and motivations? What similarities do they share?

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