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

2. Who indicates that he could not go on if his daughter killed herself in Part 2 of "Crave"?
(a) A.
(b) B.
(c) C.
(d) M.

3. In Scene 8 of "Cleansed", Rod wonders aloud why Carl did what?
(a) Left.
(b) Murdered someone.
(c) Killed himself.
(d) Betrayed him.

4. What is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes?
(a) Soliloquy.
(b) Assonance.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Meter.

5. In what room does Scene 12 of "Cleansed" take place?
(a) The black room.
(b) The white room.
(c) The round room.
(d) The red room.

Short Answer Questions

1. In contrast to A, B is more what in "Crave"?

2. The dialogue in "Crave" implies that C was sexually abused by whom?

3. Billy in "Skin" is described as being what?

4. Who does Billy repeatedly hit with a brick until the police arrive in "Skin"?

5. There are no what in "Crave"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the central theme of "Crave"? How is this illustrated through the characters?

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

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

5. Why is Grace beaten in Scene 10 of "Cleansed"? Who appears to her in this scene?

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

7. Discuss the setting of "Crave." How does the setting evoke the play's themes?

8. For whom did Kane write "Skin"? Who is the film's central character?

9. What happens at the cafe in "Skin"?

10. What characters are central in the first half of "Crave"? What do they discuss?

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