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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6, Devotees in the Garden of Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aretha recalls a conversation with a slave-master named what in scene "D" of "Open House"?
(a) Roger.
(b) Frederick.
(c) Charles.
(d) Daniel.

2. Conversation amongst the characters in the chorus of "Panel II: First Chorus" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World" refer to a time when?
(a) "Kings lived in castles."
(b) "Dinosaurs ruled."
(c) "Before Columbus."
(d) "Men were ignorant."

3. In her opening essays, what does Parks define as "the holding or having of something of one's own"?
(a) Belonging.
(b) Ownership.
(c) Possession.
(d) Adoption.

4. In scene "A" of "Greeks (or the Slugs)," Mr. Sergeant Smith uses a simile to describe hiding like what?
(a) A snail.
(b) A turtle.
(c) A snake.
(d) A frog.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Charlene complain the apartment is infested with in scene "C" of "Snails"?

3. What are the names of the two combatants in scene "B" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?

4. What does Miss Miss remember Charles coming by to eat in "Pickling"?

5. Who is watching the battle in scene "B" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?

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