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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. When was the play "Blasted" first performed?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1993.
2. In Scene 8 of "Phaedra's Love", Theseus riles the crowd by suggesting that Hippolytus may be what?
(a) Made king.
(b) A god.
(c) Acquitted.
(d) Innocent.
3. Where was "Blasted" first performed?
(a) Ed Sullivan Theater.
(b) The Apollo Theatre.
(c) Ambassador Theatre Downstairs.
(d) The Royal Court Theatre Upstairs.
4. What does Ian describe while Cate performs fellatio on him in Scene 2 of "Blasted"?
(a) His first sexual encounter.
(b) His hometown.
(c) A fight was involved in.
(d) Mass graves and killings he carried out.
5. What is Tinker doing for Graham in the opening of Scene 1 of "Cleansed"?
(a) Mending his clothes.
(b) His homework.
(c) Cooking heroin.
(d) Selling drugs.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the soldier confiscate in addition to Ian's passport in Scene 2 of "Blasted"?
2. What does Ian eat before dying in Scene 5 of "Blasted"?
3. What does Cate tell Ian is not the end of the world in Scene 4 of "Blasted"?
4. What does Tinker do after putting Grace to bed in Scene 3 of "Cleansed"?
5. What is Hippolytus examining in the opening of Scene 5 of "Phaedra's Love"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Hippolytus doing in the beginning of Scene 4 of "Phaedra's Love"? What does Phaedra enter with?
2. What elements of the setting are revealed in greater detail in Scene 2 of "Blasted"?
3. How does Hippolytus take on the role of protagonist in "Phaedra's Love"?
4. What does Cate do while Ian is in the bathroom in Scene 2 of "Blasted"?
5. Discuss the staging of "Phaedra's Love." What elements would make staging difficult?
6. What is the central theme of "Phaedra's Love"?
7. What is the symbolic and thematic center of "Cleansed"?
8. What conversation takes place between Ian and Cate when they first arrive at the hotel in "Blasted"?
9. What does Strophe do when she discovers who Phaedra is infatuated with in "Phaedra's Love"?
10. In what way does the soldier torture Ian after raping him in Scene 3 of "Blasted"?
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