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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. Lucy's son claims in "A - Big Bang" of The America Play that his father was a natural what?
(a) Talker.
(b) Writer.
(c) Digger.
(d) Thinker.

2. What can be seen as a metaphoric representation of the essentially empty, idealized image of Lincoln inhabited and clung to by the Foundling Father and shot by the would-be assassins in The American Play?
(a) The bust of Lincoln.
(b) The grave site.
(c) The casket.
(d) The headstone.

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

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

5. When was "Pickling" first produced?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1985.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what title does the Foundling Father refer to the impersonator of Abraham Lincoln in The America Play?

2. What does Lucy's son confess, weeping, in the end of "C - Archaeology" of The America Play?

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

4. What was the name of the Lesser Known's wife in The America Play?

5. What play was Abraham Lincoln watching when he was assassinated?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the term "pickling" apply to the play "Pickling"?

2. Whose death is announced in "Panel II: First Chorus" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?

3. What allusion is implied in the arrival of the winner's head, presented to George on a platter in "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?

4. What structural format does "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World" follow?

5. What has happened to Black Man in "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," "Panel III: Thuh Lonesome 3Some"?

6. How does the objective of the Foundling Father relate to other protagonists in the collection?

7. What conversation do Black Man and Black Woman share in "Panel I: Thou Holy Ghost" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?

8. What story does Brazil relate to the audience in The America Play, "A - Big Bang"?

9. How does Parks intertwine linear narrative and metaphor in The America Play?

10. In scene "B" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love," how and what does Madame Odelia Pandahr describe?

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