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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. Who does Billy repeatedly hit with a brick until the police arrive in "Skin"?
(a) The bride.
(b) The groom.
(c) A little girl.
(d) A groomsman.

2. The protagonist's doctor in "4.48 Psychosis" says he wants her to stop blaming herself for what?
(a) Unhappiness.
(b) Their failure.
(c) Her joy.
(d) Her childhood.

3. Who is being beaten in Scene 10 of "Cleansed"?
(a) Tinker.
(b) Rod.
(c) Grace.
(d) Carl.

4. In Part 1 of "Crave", M describes getting drunk and sleeping with strangers until what?
(a) She got herpes.
(b) She got married.
(c) She became pregnant.
(d) She found god.

5. What does the protagonist of "4.48 Psychosis" want to do?
(a) Live life to it's fullest.
(b) Get high.
(c) Kill herself.
(d) Kill her neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second half of "Crave", who discusses the disgust she feels with men and how she needs to be abused to have an orgasm?

2. Who indicates that he could not go on if his daughter killed herself in Part 2 of "Crave"?

3. What is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes?

4. Who browbeats the protagonist for drinking too much and sleeping around in Part 2 of "Crave"?

5. In Part 2 of "4.48 Psychosis", the protagonist lists a series of goals, including better self-understanding and what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do the skinheads cause a brawl in "Skin"? Where does Billy flee?

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

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

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

5. What acts of love are presented in the ending of "Cleansed"?

6. How does "4.48 Psychosis" reflect an Aristotilian aesthetic?

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

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

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

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

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