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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 Jean tell Berenger he's headed for in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

2. In Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros, Botard says, "Your rhinoceroses are a ____ of some washerwoman's imagination."

3. What word is printed above the grocery shop in Rhinoceros?

4. What does the document Beringer and Botard are working on have to do with in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros?

5. What does Daisy get Berenger to sign quickly in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jean and Berenger as they first appear in Act 1 of Rhinoceros.

2. What explanation does Berenger offer for the rhinoceros's presence in Act 1 of Rhinoceros? What is Jean's reaction?

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

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

5. Why does Mr. Papillon ask about Mr. Boeuf in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of bourgeois life and bourgeois values in Rhinoceros. How do the characters represent this? How does Ionesco feel about bourgeois values based on the play?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the settings of Rhinoceros, The Leader, and The Future is in the Eggs. How do the settings of these plays compare? How are they different?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Ionesco choose a rhinoceros as the creature which people evolve into in Rhinoceros? What symbolic statement is he saying through using this animal?

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