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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. What is the name of the exterminator Charlene intends to call in "C" of "Snails"?
(a) Lutzky.
(b) Ovechkin.
(c) Koritchev.
(d) Borishnikov.

2. What is Veronica's name in scene "F" of "Snails"?
(a) Verona.
(b) Chona.
(c) Mona.
(d) Charlotte..

3. Who defied her boss' efforts to get her to speak properly in scene "A" of "Snails"?
(a) Charlene.
(b) Verona.
(c) Chona.
(d) Molly.

4. In scene "B" of "Betting on the Dust Commander," Mare suggests that she and Lucius have children, as they have neither what?
(a) Language nor direction.
(b) Hair nor feathers.
(c) Claws nor fangs.
(d) Hate nor distrust.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement?

2. What is Charlene's name in scene "F" of "Snails"?

3. Who is worried about how to take care of the dresses of her two dolls in scene "B" of "Greeks (or the Slugs)"?

4. Lucius describes being known for wearing the same of what every day in scene "B" of "Betting on the Dust Commander"?

5. What does Lucius ask Mare to say at the end of scene "A" of "Betting on the Dust Commander"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What image does Mr. Sergeant Smith project in scene "A" of "Greeks (or the Slugs)"?

2. What imagery opens the play "Open House"? What characters are present?

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

4. In what ways does Parks leave metaphorical interpretation to the audience in "Snails"?

5. What metaphoric statement is made through repetition in "Betting on the Dust Commander"?

6. In what way did Mr. Sergeant Smith receive his greatest wish in "G" of "Greeks (or the Slugs)"?

7. How are different styles of language juxtaposed in scene "B" of "Open House"?

8. How does the theme of assimilation manifest in "Greeks (or the Slugs)"?

9. What does Parks relate about the contemporary theatre in "Elements of Style"?

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

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