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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5, The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Emancipation Proclamation enacted?
(a) 1858.
(b) 1853.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1863.

2. In scene "B" of "Open House," Aretha speaks of God looking down on whom?
(a) Miss Faith and Charles.
(b) Blanca.
(c) Her and Charles.
(d) Anglor.

3. In "Panel III: Thuh Lonesome 3Some" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," Black Man reveals that after he died he was cut down from the tree and let go, since he wasn't what?
(a) A fugitive.
(b) A threat.
(c) Needed anymore.
(d) Breathing anymore.

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

5. What does one of the characters call out to be taken off him in "Panel II: First Chorus" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Straps.
(c) Chains.
(d) Wires.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Pickling" is what genre of drama?

2. Where does Mr. Sergeant Smith say he's been posted in scene "C" of "Greeks (or the Slugs)"?

3. In scene "B" of "Betting on the Dust Commander," Mare complains that Lucius is always going where?

4. At the end of scene "C" of "Betting on the Dust Commander," what does Lucius ask Mare to say?

5. What does Miss Miss recall her mother doing with her hair in "Pickling"?

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