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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 happens to Ian's eyes in "Blasted"?
(a) The soldier throws them out the window.
(b) The soldier flushes them down the toilet.
(c) The soldier stomps them into the carpet.
(d) The soldier eats them.

2. What does Carl say he would do for Rod in Scene 2 of "Cleansed"?
(a) Steal.
(b) Kill.
(c) Die.
(d) Anything.

3. Where was Sarah Kane born?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) The United States.
(c) England.
(d) France.

4. When the soldier demands that Ian, as a journalist, report the atrocities he has told him in "Blasted", what does Ian reply?
(a) He doesn't have the courage.
(b) The soldier is a liar.
(c) Not unless he is paid.
(d) He's not a war correspondent.

5. What does Ian ask Cate to find and give to him in Scene 4 of "Blasted"?
(a) A joint.
(b) A bottle of liquor.
(c) His gun.
(d) Some bullets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the soldier do while raping Ian in "Blasted"?

2. Hippolytus cannot remember the last time he did what in Scene 4 of "Phaedra's Love"?

3. What does Grace ask Robin if he can do in Scene 3 of "Cleansed"?

4. What does the soldier do after raping and torturing Ian in "Blasted"?

5. What does the priest perform in Scene 6 of "Phaedra's Love"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the soldier torture Ian after raping him in Scene 3 of "Blasted"?

2. Where is the opening of "Cleansed" set? Who is in the first scene?

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

4. Who does Grace meet with in Scene 3 of "Cleansed"? Where do they meet?

5. What does Strophe tell Hippolytus when she enters in Scene 5 of "Phaedra's Love"? What is his response?

6. Why does Phaedra consult a doctor about Hippolytus in Scene 2 of "Phaedra's Love"?

7. How does Ian restrain Cate in the room in Scene 2 of "Blasted"? What does he say to make her stay?

8. What does the public want to do to Hippolytus in Scene 5 of "Phaedra's Love"? What does Hippolytus reveal to Strophe?

9. What are Carl and Rod discussing in Scene 2 of "Cleansed"?

10. Who visits Hippolytus in Scene 6 of "Phaedra's Love"? What does Hippolytus tell him?

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