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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. Where was Sarah Kane born?

2. When the soldier demands that Ian, as a journalist, report the atrocities he has told him in "Blasted", what does Ian reply?

3. How old is Robin in "Cleansed"?

4. What sexually transmitted disease does Hippolytus tell Phaedra he has in "Phaedra's Love"?

5. Ian claims in Scene 2 of "Blasted" that every awful thing he has done was for what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation takes place between Ian and Cate when they first arrive at the hotel in "Blasted"?

2. What does Strophe reveal happened to Phaedra in Scene 5 of "Phaedra's Love"? How does Hippolytus respond?

3. What does the public want to do to Hippolytus in Scene 5 of "Phaedra's Love"? What does Hippolytus reveal to Strophe?

4. What is the symbolic and thematic center of "Cleansed"?

5. What elements of the setting are revealed in greater detail in Scene 2 of "Blasted"?

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

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

8. Where is the opening of "Cleansed" set? Who is in the first scene?

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

10. What do Carl and Rod represent symbolically in "Cleansed"?

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 the symbolic meaning of the soldier in "Blasted". How does he represent sexual violence in the piece? What was the public reaction to this violence?

Essay Topic 3

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

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