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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aretha is questioned about her marital status to whom in scene "C" of "Open House"?
(a) Steven Charles.
(b) John Stevens.
(c) Charles Saxon.
(d) John Saxon.

2. What refers to the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events?
(a) Fondness.
(b) Memories.
(c) Library.
(d) History.

3. In "An Equation for Black People Onstage" Parks writes, "The bulk of relationships Black people are engaged in onstage is the relationship between the Black and the" what?
(a) "White lifestyle."
(b) "Female other."
(c) "White other."
(d) "White perspective."

4. In "Snail," scene "C," Molly announces her decision to not make a career out of what?
(a) Begging.
(b) Blackmail.
(c) Being down and out.
(d) Hopelessness.

5. What term is used to refer to African American Vernacular English, asserting the independence of this from (standard) English?
(a) Nubonics.
(b) Blabonics.
(c) Jabonics.
(d) Ebonics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the speaker at the podium referred to as in scene "B" of "Snails"?

2. What is Molly's name in scene "F" of "Snails"?

3. In "Elements of Style" Parks urges playwrights to find what in the lines of the characters?

4. What title of a play in the collection was derived from a phrase in a half-waking dream of the author's?

5. What "apparatus" used by scientists to disguise their presence so they can observe animals in their natural environment without being noticed is described in "B" of "Snails"?

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