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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. What word refers to an infant or small child found abandoned; a child without a known parent or guardian?
(a) Bastard.
(b) Foundling.
(c) Orphan.
(d) Loner.

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

3. "Pickling" is what genre of drama?
(a) Stage play.
(b) Television pilot.
(c) Radio play.
(d) Film script.

4. Who appears to ask for more contributions in scene "C" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
(a) George.
(b) Lily.
(c) Madame Odelia Pandahr.
(d) Patty.

5. What does Black Man want Black Woman to dig in "Panel I: Thou Holy Ghost" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?
(a) A tunnel.
(b) A hole of history.
(c) A mass grave.
(d) A rose garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Thirteenth Amendment abolish slavery?

2. 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"?

3. What term is used to refer to African American Vernacular English, asserting the independence of this from (standard) English?

4. Who works with Aretha on the calculations for how many slaves can fit in the bottom of a transport ship in scene "B" of "Open House"?

5. What was injured on Black Man when he escaped execution in "Panel I: Thou Holy Ghost" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?

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