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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 does Billy show a little black boy in the cafe at breakfast in "Skin"?
(a) A rope.
(b) A peace sign.
(c) A swastika.
(d) A dagger.

2. Who does the protagonist wish well before dying in "4.48 Psychosis"?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

3. Who does the protagonist of "4.48 Psychosis" prophesy is dead?
(a) Christ.
(b) Buddha.
(c) Gandhi.
(d) Muhammad.

4. Where does Scene 10 of "Cleansed" take place?
(a) The black room.
(b) The red room.
(c) The round room.
(d) The white room.

5. In contrast to A, B is more what in "Crave"?
(a) Loving.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Comical.
(d) Adoring.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom did Sarah Kane write the film "Skin"?

2. In Part 2 of "4.48 Psychosis", the protagonist counts down from 100 by what?

3. A begins "Crave" assuring C he is not what?

4. What young skinhead girl opens the door to Billy in "Skin"?

5. The protagonist of "4.48 Psychosis" paints a bleak portrait of the hospital where she was last treated, all ____ and cloying doctors appraising her.

Short Essay Questions

1. In what state does the protagonist awaken in Part 2 of "4.48 Psychosis"?

2. How does the protagonist of "4.48 Psychosis" describe death? What treatment does she describe in her past?

3. What is the central theme of "Crave"? How does this relate to the other works in the anthology?

4. How does the protagonist of "4.48 Psychosis" resemble Sarah Kane?

5. What does the play "4.48 Psychosis" begin with in its opening? What is the protagonist's objective?

6. What plot threads emerge in the second half of "Cleansed"?

7. What is B's central role in "Crave"? What does he express in the ending?

8. What does C discuss regarding men and sex in Part 2 of "Crave"?

9. What is described in the introduction for "4.48 Psychosis"?

10. Why does Kane cite the atrocities of the world in "4.48 Psychosis"? How does this relate to other plays of the anthology?

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