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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What title of a play in the collection was derived from a phrase in a half-waking dream of the author's?
(a) "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World."
(b) "The America Play."
(c) "Devotees in the Garden of Love."
(d) "Pickling."

2. What does Mr. Sergeant Smith refer to as a promotion in "Greeks (or the Slugs)"?
(a) A "Bump up."
(b) A "Mark of superiority."
(c) An "Elevation."
(d) A "Distinction."

3. What is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression or presented in a spiritual or performance setting?
(a) Dance.
(b) Jitters.
(c) Lunge.
(d) Spasm.

4. Who is worried about how to take care of the dresses of her two dolls in scene "B" of "Greeks (or the Slugs)"?
(a) Sally.
(b) Buffy.
(c) Betty.
(d) Muffy.

5. Who is watching "Wild Kingdom" in scene "F" of "Snails"?
(a) Charlene.
(b) Chona.
(c) Verona.
(d) Mona.

6. When scene "B" of "Betting on the Dust Commander" repeats itself, the flowers are different how?
(a) They are fresh.
(b) They are dead.
(c) They are colorful.
(d) They are gray.

7. To whom does Mr. Sergeant Smith address a letter in scene "C" of "Greeks (or the Slugs)"?
(a) Muffy.
(b) Buffy.
(c) Duffy.
(d) Mrs. Smith.

8. Who kisses Mr. Sergeant Smith's desk in scene "D" of "Greeks (or the Slugs)"?
(a) Duffy.
(b) Buffy.
(c) Mrs. Smith.
(d) Muffy.

9. What word refers to that made conspicuous by excellence; noted; eminent; famous?
(a) Superior.
(b) Presidential.
(c) Distinguished.
(d) Recognition.

10. When was Suzan-Lori Parks born?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1963.

11. In "An Equation for Black People Onstage" Parks writes, "The bulk of relationships Black people are engaged in onstage is the relationship between the Black and the" what?
(a) "White lifestyle."
(b) "Female other."
(c) "White perspective."
(d) "White other."

12. What term is used to refer to African American Vernacular English, asserting the independence of this from (standard) English?
(a) Ebonics.
(b) Jabonics.
(c) Blabonics.
(d) Nubonics.

13. Who writes a letter to Mr. Sergeant Smith in scene "D" of "Greeks (or the Slugs)"?
(a) Buffy.
(b) Mrs. Smith.
(c) Duffy.
(d) Muffy.

14. Who shows Blanca and Anglor through an apartment in scene "F" of "Open House"?
(a) Molly.
(b) Charles.
(c) Miss Faith.
(d) Aretha.

15. Who is speaking in scene "D" of "Snails"?
(a) The policeman.
(b) The priest.
(c) The banker.
(d) The Naturalist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who worries that her father doesn't like her in scene "D" of "Greeks (or the Slugs)"?

2. What is the name of the exterminator Charlene intends to call in "C" of "Snails"?

3. In scene "A" of "Greeks (or the Slugs)," Mr. Sergeant Smith uses a simile to describe hiding like what?

4. Lucius tells Mare in scene "B" of "Betting on the Dust Commander" that she doesn't pay attention to the little things, comparing them to what?

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

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