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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3, Betting on the Dust Commander.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Elements of Style," Parks suggests that every playwright begin by asking why a story needs to be what?
(a) Shared with others.
(b) Put on display.
(c) Told in detail.
(d) Expressed in the form of a play.

2. The speakers in "Third Kingdom" reveal aspects of their dreams, many of which refer to what?
(a) Their reality.
(b) Secret obsessions.
(c) An other Self.
(d) Past failures.

3. Who is the son of the master craftsman Daedalus in Greek mythology?
(a) Icarus.
(b) Abseus.
(c) Eros.
(d) Odysseus.

4. In "Elements of Style" Parks urges playwrights to find what in the lines of the characters?
(a) Action.
(b) Passion.
(c) Humanity.
(d) Reason.

5. What refers to the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement?
(a) Education.
(b) Humor.
(c) Commonality.
(d) Entertainment.

Short Answer Questions

1. In scene "A" of "Greeks (or the Slugs)," Mr. Sergeant Smith uses a simile to describe hiding like what?

2. Aretha recalls a conversation with a slave-master named what in scene "D" of "Open House"?

3. In scene "B" of "Open House," Aretha speaks of God looking down on whom?

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

5. Who defied her boss' efforts to get her to speak properly in scene "A" of "Snails"?

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