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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 crowd shout throughout The Leader?

2. What food does Mother-Jacques bring to the young couple in The Future is in the Eggs?

3. What does the Announcer say that the leader swore in The Leader?

4. What does Jacqueline tell the couple must be their constant thought in The Future is in the Eggs?

5. What does Mother-Jacques note that the eggs don't have in The Future is in the Eggs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who enters to explain the death of Grandfather in The Future is in the Eggs?

2. What discussion do Berenger and Dudard engage in in the beginning of Act 3 of Rhinoceros?

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

4. Why is the setting for The Leader established as it is?

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

6. What do the family members represent symbolically in The Future is in the Eggs?

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

8. Describe some of the examples of symbolism in The Leader.

9. Who are the principle characters in The Leader?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Botard and Dudard in Rhinoceros. How are these characters philosophically opposed? How are they similar?

Essay Topic 2

Define the terms symbolism, motif, metaphor and simile and describe how each is used in Rhinoceros. Use examples from the text in your answer.

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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