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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The children in the beginning of "Open House" are worried about who will take care of what when Aretha is gone?
(a) Their dogs.
(b) The house.
(c) Their dolls.
(d) Their cats.

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

3. Who is being observed by a cardboard cockroach in "Snails"?
(a) Chona and Vero.
(b) Veronica and Charlene.
(c) Molly and Charlene.
(d) Molly and Veronica.

4. What is shown onstage in the opening of "Betting on the Dust Commander"?
(a) Slides of Lucius and Mare getting married.
(b) People cheering.
(c) A wedding cake.
(d) A preist.

5. What word does Molly repeat on different occasions in scene "A" of "Snails"?
(a) "Thump."
(b) "Bang."
(c) ""Ping."
(d) "Splat."

Short Answer Questions

1. In scene "B" of "Betting on the Dust Commander," Mare complains that Lucius is always going where?

2. In "Elements of Style," Parks incorporates diagrams illustrating how some of her works function as what?

3. Who does Lucius describe having criticized him for wearing the same clothes every day in scene "B" of "Betting on the Dust Commander"?

4. Who arrives looking for the person with the cockroach bites in scene "F" of "Snails"?

5. What man does Aretha tell to be patient in scene "A" of "Open House"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the cockroach represent in "Snails"?

2. What stylistic techniques does Parks describe using in her works in "Elements of Style"?

3. For what subjects and themes is Suzan-Lori Parks well-known?

4. What objectives do Mrs. Smith and Buffy reveal in scene "B" of "Greeks (or the Slugs)"?

5. What issues are discussed between Molly and Charlene in "C" of "Snails"?

6. What does Mr. Sergeant Smith write to his daughter in scene "C" of "Greeks (or the Slugs)"?

7. What proposition does Lucius present in scene "B" of "Betting on the Dust Commander"? What did a woman at church criticize him for?

8. What apparatus does the Naturalist describe in scene "B" of "Snails"?

9. What imagery and sounds are depicted in the opening of "Betting on the Dust Commander"?

10. What imagined encounter does Aretha experience in "C" of "Open House"?

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