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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 are the names of the two combatants in scene "B" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
(a) Ugly and Handsome.
(b) Old Man and Young Man.
(c) ThisOne and ThatOne.
(d) Red Trunks and Black Trunks.

2. How are Lily and George related in "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
(a) George is Lily's father.
(b) George and Lily are siblings.
(c) George is Lily's mother.
(d) Lily is George's mother.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the "Overture" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," the characters suggest that the black man moved his hands when the world was what?

2. What are Lucy and her son watching on television in "G - The Great Beyond" of The America Play?

3. In scene "C" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love," Lily refers to how important it used to be for a bride to have what?

4. Who assumed the American Presidency after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?

5. When was "Pickling" first produced?

Short Essay Questions

1. What symbols of violence are central in "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?

2. What conversation do Lucy and Brazil share of the Lesser Known in The America Play, "E - Spadework"?

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

4. What play does the Foundling Father introduce in The America Play, "B - Echo"? What takes place?

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. What are Lucy and Brazil doing in The America Play, "A - Big Bang"? Where are they?

7. What figures and characters are introduced by the Foundling Father in The America Play, "Act One: Lincoln Act"?

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

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

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

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