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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. Who is standing outside of the bar when Scene 1 of Act Two opens?

2. Mama enters the living quarters in Scene 5 and tells which character to go fetch water?

3. Mama cautions Salima, telling her that if she returns to her village, no one there will take what action?

4. Which former employee who worked for the now-deceased man told Christian the identity of the culprits?

5. What was Salima picking in her garden at the time she was abducted by soldiers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sophie respond to Mama's demand to hear her plans for the stolen money?

2. What objects does Mama ask Sophie to fetch at the end of Scene 5 in Act Two and why?

3. What proposition does Christian make to Mama in Scene 6 of Act One and how does she respond?

4. What was Beatrice's ultimate fate, according to Salima in Scene 2 of Act Two?

5. What is the setting of Scene 5 of Act One?

6. In what way does Nottage use physical space in order to generate a particular emotion in the audience?

7. Who is Fortune?

8. In what way is the motif of sound equated with life in the play entitled Ruined?

9. In what way is Sophie treated like an outcast, even among the women at Mama's place?

10. What does the pot symbolize within the play?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the theme of courage within Ruined. What is Nottage’s message regarding courage and how do you know?

Essay Topic 2

Choose an object from Ruined, such as the motor scooter, the parrot, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Ruined and analyze Nottage’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.

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