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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events?
(a) Fondness.
(b) Memories.
(c) Library.
(d) History.

2. In "Elements of Style" Parks suggests that the use of language involves what?
(a) The throat.
(b) Emotional density.
(c) Grammatical understanding.
(d) The entire body.

3. Who hums in the background in scene "C" of "Open House"?
(a) Blanca and Anglor.
(b) Charles.
(c) Charles and Blanca.
(d) Anglor.

4. Who prepares to extract Aretha's teeth in scene "D" of "Open House"?
(a) Blanca.
(b) Miss Faith.
(c) Charles.
(d) Anglor.

5. The speakers in "Third Kingdom" reveal aspects of their dreams, many of which refer to what?
(a) Secret obsessions.
(b) An other Self.
(c) Their reality.
(d) Past failures.

6. In scene "B" of "Betting on the Dust Commander," Mare complains that Lucius is always going where?
(a) To the bar.
(b) To the track.
(c) To the library.
(d) To his friends house.

7. What term refers to a vacation or leave of absence granted to an enlisted person?
(a) Suspension.
(b) Furlough.
(c) Parole.
(d) Extirpation.

8. What refers to the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement?
(a) Education.
(b) Humor.
(c) Commonality.
(d) Entertainment.

9. Who is the son of the master craftsman Daedalus in Greek mythology?
(a) Icarus.
(b) Eros.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Abseus.

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

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 other."
(b) "White perspective."
(c) "Female other."
(d) "White lifestyle."

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

13. What kind of flowers do Lucius and Mare discuss having gotten in scene "A" of "Betting on the Dust Commander"?
(a) Metal.
(b) Wooden.
(c) Vinyl.
(d) Plastic.

14. Who worries that her father doesn't like her in scene "D" of "Greeks (or the Slugs)"?
(a) Mrs. Smith.
(b) Buffy.
(c) Muffy.
(d) Duffy.

15. What horse does Lucius describe betting successfully on in scene "B" of "Betting on the Dust Commander"?
(a) Banana Split.
(b) Dust Commander.
(c) Gravy Train.
(d) Mad Monkey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who defied her boss' efforts to get her to speak properly in scene "A" of "Snails"?

2. Charles speaks to Aretha about the importance of what in scene "E" of "Open House"?

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

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

5. In scene "B" of "Betting on the Dust Commander," Mare suggests that she and Lucius have children, as they have neither what?

(see the answer keys)

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