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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miss Miss remember Charles coming by to eat in "Pickling"?
(a) Beets.
(b) Spinach.
(c) Peanuts.
(d) Carrots.

2. What does the Foundling Father quote in "D - Echo" of The America Play" over recorded laughter and applause?
(a) The Star Spangled Banner.
(b) The Ten Commandments.
(c) The Gettysburg Address.
(d) The Inauguration Speech.

3. In scene "A" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love," what is Lily looking through?
(a) A wooden frame.
(b) Binoculars.
(c) Sunglasses.
(d) A camera.

4. What does Lucy's son suddenly do when a gunshot is heard in "A - Big Bang" of The America Play?
(a) Pretends to fall dead.
(b) Jumps in the air.
(c) Lays flat on the ground.
(d) Hides behind a tree.

5. What are the fighters battling for in scene "B" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
(a) The right to rule.
(b) George's love.
(c) Fame.
(d) Settlement of an old grudge.

6. In "C - Archaeology" of The America Play, Lucy's son comments that the hole they're digging is, in fact, what?
(a) Their inheritance.
(b) Their salvation.
(c) Their duty.
(d) Their curse.

7. How are Charles' arms described in "Pickling"?
(a) Taut.
(b) White.
(c) Flabby.
(d) Weak.

8. In the "Overture" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," the characters refer to when the man who did what while falling?
(a) Sang.
(b) Burst into flames.
(c) Turned into a bird.
(d) Vanished.

9. What word means to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority?
(a) Chastise.
(b) Execute.
(c) Lynch.
(d) Persecute.

10. The Lesser Known left his family to pursue an occupation as what in The America Play?
(a) A musician.
(b) A railroad conductor.
(c) An engineer.
(d) An Abraham Lincoln impersonator.

11. What does Lucy's son confess, weeping, in the end of "C - Archaeology" of The America Play?
(a) His father mistreated him.
(b) He misses his father.
(c) He's glad his father is gone.
(d) He lied to his father.

12. What is the name of Lucy's son in The America Play?
(a) Granite.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Forest.
(d) Alexander.

13. Charles lived next door to whom in "Pickling"?
(a) Miss Miss and her mother.
(b) The Sheriff.
(c) The Pastor.
(d) The High School Principal.

14. Where was the location of the theatre in which Abraham Lincoln was shot?
(a) New York.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Chicago.

15. 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 hole of history.
(b) A tunnel.
(c) A rose garden.
(d) A mass grave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who faces a forthcoming marriage in scene "A" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?

2. In "Panel II: First Chorus" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," who announces the death of "the absolutely last living Negro man in the whole entire known world"?

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

4. 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"?

5. How are Lily and George related in "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?

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