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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 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is watching "Wild Kingdom" in scene "F" of "Snails"?
(a) Mona.
(b) Charlene.
(c) Verona.
(d) Chona.

2. When was Suzan-Lori Parks born?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1963.

3. Who is being observed by a cardboard cockroach in "Snails"?
(a) Chona and Vero.
(b) Veronica and Charlene.
(c) Molly and Veronica.
(d) Molly and Charlene.

4. What word does Molly repeat on different occasions in scene "A" of "Snails"?
(a) "Bang."
(b) "Thump."
(c) "Splat."
(d) ""Ping."

5. What title of a play in the collection was derived from a phrase in a half-waking dream of the author's?
(a) "The America Play."
(b) "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World."
(c) "Pickling."
(d) "Devotees in the Garden of Love."

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a musical tradition and style of music that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions?

2. Where was Suzan-Lori Parks born?

3. In "An Equation for Black People Onstage," Parks calls for African-Americans "to show the world and ourselves our beautiful and powerfully" what?

4. 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"?

5. Who speaks of developing an unusual friendship with a robber who repeatedly came to her house in scene "A" of "Snails"?

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