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

2. Where is Lucius planning to go in scene "B" of "Betting on the Dust Commander"?
(a) A bar.
(b) The races.
(c) The movies.
(d) A casino.

3. Miss Miss describes in "Pickling" how attractive Charles looked in what?
(a) A suit.
(b) A muscle shirt.
(c) A towel.
(d) Swim trunks.

4. Who tells the others to line up and calls out "Land Ho!" in the ending of "Third Kingdom"?
(a) Kin-Seer.
(b) Soul-Seer.
(c) Shark-Seer.
(d) Over-Seer.

5. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Robert E. Lee.
(b) John Wilkes Booth.
(c) John Hinckley, Jr.
(d) Mark David Chapman.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what play did Parks receive the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama?

2. What was the name of the Lesser Known's wife in The America Play?

3. Who speaks of Black Man's family history in "Panel IV: Second Chorus" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?

4. In "C - Archaeology" of The America Play, Lucy's son comments that the hole they're digging is, in fact, what?

5. What sound concludes "Act One: Lincoln Act" of The America Play?

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