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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8, The America Play, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Elements of Style," Parks incorporates diagrams illustrating how some of her works function as what?
(a) Grammatical symbols.
(b) Mathematical equations.
(c) Postmodernist identities.
(d) Methodical melodramas.

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

3. In scene "A" of "Snails," Molly insistently asks Charlene where what are?
(a) The want ads.
(b) Her dress.
(c) Her shoes.
(d) Family photographs.

4. What was the valley renamed in scene "D" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
(a) Miss George's Valley.
(b) The Valley of Despair.
(c) Loser's Valley.
(d) The Valley of Hope.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Abraham Lincoln die?

2. In "Elements of Style" Parks suggests that form defines what, and vice versa?

3. What does Lucy's son suddenly do when a gunshot is heard in "A - Big Bang" of The America Play?

4. Who describes how important it is for everyone in the family to have a clean, pressed appearance in scene "B" of "Greeks (or the Slugs)"?

5. What does Lucy's son confess, weeping, in the end of "C - Archaeology" of The America Play?

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