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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 Charlene's name in scene "F" of "Snails"?
(a) Vero.
(b) Chona.
(c) Cara.
(d) Mona.

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

3. Where was Suzan-Lori Parks born?
(a) Fort Knox, Kentucky.
(b) Nashville, Tennessee.
(c) Springfield, Illinois.
(d) St. Louis, Missouri.

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"?
(a) An "ant."
(b) A "bird."
(c) A "spider."
(d) A "fly."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In scene "A" of "Snails," Molly insistently asks Charlene where what are?

2. Who is being observed by a cardboard cockroach in "Snails"?

3. When was the Emancipation Proclamation enacted?

4. Who tells the others to line up and calls out "Land Ho!" in the ending of "Third Kingdom"?

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

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