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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hippolytus playing with in the opening of Scene 4 of "Phaedra's Love"?
(a) A video game.
(b) A dog.
(c) A basketball.
(d) A remote-controlled car.

2. What does Hippolytus tell Phaedra will happen if they sleep together in Scene 4 of "Phaedra's Love"?
(a) She will be killed.
(b) They will never speak again.
(c) He will be killed.
(d) They will be happy forever.

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

4. Cate is described as being what in "Blasted"?
(a) Irate.
(b) Religious.
(c) Plain.
(d) Childlike.

5. What does Tinker give Grace before leaving in Scene 3 of "Cleansed"?
(a) A laxative.
(b) A sedative.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phaedra enter with in Scene 4 of "Phaedra's Love"?

2. Who is the queen in "Phaedra's Love"?

3. What does Cate destroy in Scene 2 of "Blasted" when Ian goes into the bathroom?

4. When the soldier demands that Ian, as a journalist, report the atrocities he has told him in "Blasted", what does Ian reply?

5. What does Graham ask Tinker to do in Scene 1 of "Cleansed"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Strophe do when she discovers who Phaedra is infatuated with in "Phaedra's Love"?

2. What takes place in the opening of Scene 2 of "Blasted"? How much time elapsed from Scene 1?

3. Describe the dynamic between Ian and Cate in Scene 1 of "Blasted." How are these characters different?

4. What is Sarah Kane's purpose in showing such graphic violence in "Blasted"?

5. What elements of the setting are revealed in greater detail in Scene 2 of "Blasted"?

6. What aspects of Ian's personality are revealed in Scene 2 of "Blasted"?

7. What conversation takes place between Ian and Cate when they first arrive at the hotel in "Blasted"?

8. Who breaks into the hotel room in Scene 2 of "Blasted"? What does he do?

9. How does Tinker's character evolve in "Cleansed"? What is his central objective?

10. What is Ian's response when the soldier asks him to report his stories? What does the soldier then do?

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