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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. What is Veronica's name in scene "F" of "Snails"?
(a) Mona.
(b) Verona.
(c) Chona.
(d) Charlotte..

2. What is the name of the exterminator Charlene intends to call in "C" of "Snails"?
(a) Koritchev.
(b) Lutzky.
(c) Ovechkin.
(d) Borishnikov.

3. What is the first of four short plays anthologized under the title "Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom"?
(a) "Serpents."
(b) "Snails."
(c) "Squirrels."
(d) "Sasquatch."

4. 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) "Devotees in the Garden of Love."
(c) "Pickling."
(d) "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World."

5. Charles speaks to Aretha about the importance of what in scene "E" of "Open House"?
(a) Humor.
(b) Memory.
(c) Hindsight.
(d) Foresight.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Elements of Style," Parks suggests that every playwright begin by asking why a story needs to be what?

2. 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?

3. The speakers in "Third Kingdom" recall being thrown off what?

4. Aretha is told she has what in scene "C" of "Open House"?

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

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