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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grace ask Robin if he can do in Scene 3 of "Cleansed"?

2. What does Ian eat before dying in Scene 5 of "Blasted"?

3. Strophe says that she would die for what in Scene 5 of "Phaedra's Love"?

4. Who is the king in "Phaedra's Love"?

5. What does Hippolytus realize Phaedra's accusation was to him in Scene 5 of "Phaedra's Love"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Grace meet with in Scene 3 of "Cleansed"? Where do they meet?

2. What does Phaedra tell Hippolytus in Scene 4 of "Phaedra's Love"? What is his response?

3. What is the focus of "Blasted" following the soldier's suicide?

4. How does Tinker's character evolve in "Cleansed"? What is his central objective?

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

6. How does the soldier describe his girlfriend's death in Scene 3 of "Blasted"?

7. What takes place in the opening of Scene 2 of "Blasted"? How much time elapsed from Scene 1?

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

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

10. How does Hippolytus take on the role of protagonist in "Phaedra's Love"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of sexual desire in "Phaedra's Love". How is the theme of love perverted by Kane?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Seneca's play Phaedra and the character of Hippolytus. How is Hippolytus described in Seneca's play? How does he differ in "Phaedra's Love"?

Essay Topic 3

Define the literary and dramatic terms "objective," "obstacle," "action," and "conflict." How do each of these apply in Scene 2 in "Blasted"?

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