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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 Ian toss onto the bed before going to the bathroom in Scene 2 of "Blasted"?
2. What does the soldier demand from Ian when he awakes in Scene 3 of "Blasted"?
3. How did Phaedra die in "Phaedra's Love"?
4. Grace is whose twin sister in "Cleansed"?
5. What does Hippolytus realize Phaedra's accusation was to him in Scene 5 of "Phaedra's Love"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Carl and Rod discussing in Scene 2 of "Cleansed"?
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. Describe the dynamic between Ian and Cate in Scene 1 of "Blasted." How are these characters different?
5. What does Strophe tell Hippolytus when she enters in Scene 5 of "Phaedra's Love"? What is his response?
6. Describe the setting at the beginning of Scene 3 of "Blasted." What does the soldier ask Ian?
7. How does Tinker's character evolve in "Cleansed"? What is his central objective?
8. What does the public want to do to Hippolytus in Scene 5 of "Phaedra's Love"? What does Hippolytus reveal to Strophe?
9. What elements of the setting are revealed in greater detail in Scene 2 of "Blasted"?
10. What is Hippolytus doing in the beginning of Scene 4 of "Phaedra's Love"? What does Phaedra enter with?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of impossibility of human connection in "Crave". How is this theme reflected in the other works in the anthology?
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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