View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor say Hippolytus needs to do in Scene 2 of "Phaedra's Love"?

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

3. Who rapes and kills Strophe in Scene 8 of "Phaedra's Love"?

4. How is Phaedra related to Hippoytus in "Phaedra's Love"?

5. What does Cate tell Ian is not the end of the world in Scene 4 of "Blasted"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the setting of "Phaedra's Love". Upon what play is the story based?

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

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

5. What is the central theme of "Phaedra's Love"?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Cate do while Ian is in the bathroom in Scene 2 of "Blasted"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character of Ian in "Blasted". How old is Ian? For what paper is he a journalist? How old is Ian?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Describe the setting and physical elements of "Crave". What does the author write by way of stage directions?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 919 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample