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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. In Scene 2 of "Blasted", Ian attempts to hide Cate from the soldier, but the soldier says he can smell what?

2. Where does Scene 4 of "Cleansed" take place?

3. How old is Robin in "Cleansed"?

4. When did Sarah Kane die?

5. What does Cate bring with her when she returns to the hotel in Scene 4 of "Blasted"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What aspects of Ian's personality are revealed in Scene 2 of "Blasted"?

2. What is Ian's principle objective in Scene 1 of "Blasted"? What tactics does he employ?

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

4. Who breaks into the hotel room in Scene 2 of "Blasted"? What does he do?

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

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

7. What is Hippolytus doing in the beginning of Scene 4 of "Phaedra's Love"? What does Phaedra enter with?

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

9. How does Ian restrain Cate in the room in Scene 2 of "Blasted"? What does he say to make her stay?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

Discuss the theme of mutilation in the play "Cleansed". How does this theme relate to the other plays in the anthology?

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