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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cate report about Leeds in Scene 4 of "Blasted"?
(a) It was burned to the ground.
(b) It has been taken by soldiers.
(c) It was still resisting the soldiers.
(d) Everyone there had been killed.

2. What is referred to as one of the far reaches of the realm in Scene 8 of "Phaedra's Love"?
(a) Fog Manor.
(b) Newcastle.
(c) Mount Wisdom.
(d) Fairhaven.

3. Grace is whose twin sister in "Cleansed"?
(a) Rod's.
(b) Graham's.
(c) Tinker's.
(d) Carl's.

4. Strophe says that she would die for what in Scene 5 of "Phaedra's Love"?
(a) Phaedra.
(b) The royal family.
(c) A true love.
(d) Hippolytus.

5. What does Ian do to quiet Cate from begging him not to answer the door in Scene 2 of "Blasted"?
(a) Covers her head with a pillow.
(b) Puts a knife to her throat.
(c) Holds a gun to her head.
(d) Covers her mouth with his hand.

6. Estimates of the numbers of women raped during the Bosnian War range between what?
(a) 7,000-8,000.
(b) 70,000-80,000.
(c) 20,000-50,000.
(d) 2,000-5,000.

7. When was the play "Blasted" first performed?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1995.

8. What does Strophe tell Hippolytus to do when she enters in Scene 5 of "Phaedra's Love"?
(a) Never talk to her again.
(b) Hide.
(c) Have sex with her.
(d) Leave.

9. What sexually transmitted disease does Hippolytus tell Phaedra he has in "Phaedra's Love"?
(a) Syphilis.
(b) Herpes.
(c) Gonorrhea..
(d) Chlamydia.

10. What does the soldier demand from Ian when he awakes in Scene 3 of "Blasted"?
(a) Food.
(b) An appology.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) Oral sex.

11. What does the soldier do after raping and torturing Ian in "Blasted"?
(a) Rape Cate.
(b) Kills Cate.
(c) Kills Ian.
(d) Kills himself.

12. How did Sarah Kane die?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Car accident.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Execution.

13. What is Tinker doing for Graham in the opening of Scene 1 of "Cleansed"?
(a) Selling drugs.
(b) Mending his clothes.
(c) His homework.
(d) Cooking heroin.

14. What does the soldier do with Ian's gun in Scene 3 of "Blasted"?
(a) Shoots Cate.
(b) Shoots himself.
(c) Shoots Ian.
(d) Rapes Ian with it.

15. Who is a violent racist tabloid reporter in "Blasted"?
(a) Phaedra.
(b) Ian.
(c) Hippolytus.
(d) Shaun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tinker tell Grace the university did with Graham's clothing after he died in Scene 3 of "Cleansed"?

2. Where was "Blasted" first performed?

3. What does Cate do after fainting in "Blasted"?

4. What is Ian doing in the opening of Scene 2 of "Blasted"?

5. Why does Phaedra seek a doctor regarding Hippolytus in "Phaedra's Love"?

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