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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. How old is Robin in "Cleansed"?
(a) 15.
(b) 19.
(c) 16.
(d) 17.

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

3. What does Carl ask Rod to accept in Scene 2 of "Cleansed"?
(a) His ring.
(b) His situation.
(c) Money.
(d) His love.

4. What is Cate doing in the opening of Scene 2 of "Blasted"?
(a) Working.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Walking.
(d) Watching television.

5. When did the Bosnian War end?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1995.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has destroyed the hotel room in Scene 3 of "Blasted"?

2. Who is a drug dealer and doctor, and he is the commander of the university and concentration camp in "Cleansed"?

3. What industry does Cate say she is trying to get into in "Blasted"?

4. What is Hippolytus examining in the opening of Scene 5 of "Phaedra's Love"?

5. Where does the soldier urinate in Scene 2 of "Blasted"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do Carl and Rod represent symbolically in "Cleansed"?

4. Discuss the staging of "Phaedra's Love." What elements would make staging difficult?

5. What is the setting of "Blasted"? What characters enter in Scene 1?

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

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

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

9. How many works are included in Sarah Kane: Complete Plays? What themes tie the works together?

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

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