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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7, The America Play, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to that characterized by a manner of writing in which a character's thoughts or perceptions are presented as occurring in random form, without regard for logical sequences?
(a) Stream-of-consciousness.
(b) Fantasizing.
(c) Daydreaming.
(d) Abstract thinking.

2. What is a narrative technique wherein events are portrayed out of chronological order?
(a) Linear narrative.
(b) Nonlinear narrative.
(c) Modernist narrative.
(d) Postmodern narrative.

3. When was "Pickling" first produced?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1990.

4. Who writes a letter to Mr. Sergeant Smith in scene "D" of "Greeks (or the Slugs)"?
(a) Muffy.
(b) Duffy.
(c) Buffy.
(d) Mrs. Smith.

5. How many speakers are featured in the short play "Third Kingdom"?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Charlene's name in scene "F" of "Snails"?

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

3. Who is speaking in scene "D" of "Snails"?

4. In "Panel II: First Chorus" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," who announces the death of "the absolutely last living Negro man in the whole entire known world"?

5. When did Abraham Lincoln die?

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