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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. In "B - Echo" of The America Play, a character comments that he can no longer endure the difficulties of his family history falling apart, and vows to do what?
(a) Repair it.
(b) Run away.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Record it.

2. What does Lucy's son say his father taught him before he left in "A - Big Bang" of The America Play?
(a) How to impersonate Lincoln.
(b) The difference between right and wrong.
(c) How to be President.
(d) How to be a man.

3. What is ripped in two in the song by Miss Miss in "Pickling"?
(a) A flower.
(b) A handkerchief.
(c) A photograph.
(d) A letter.

4. What word, used by George in "Devotees in the Garden of Love" means profound dedication or consecration?
(a) Brotherhood.
(b) Devotion.
(c) Believer.
(d) Friendship.

5. "Pickling" is what genre of drama?
(a) Television pilot.
(b) Radio play.
(c) Film script.
(d) Stage play.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Miss Miss describes in "Pickling" how attractive Charles looked in what?

3. The Lesser Known left his family to pursue an occupation as what in The America Play?

4. In "Panel I: Thou Holy Ghost" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," Black Man tells Black Woman he's been accused of what?

5. In scene "C" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love," who has been taking items from the hope chest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What action takes place on stage as the Foundling Father gives his monologue in The America Play, "Act One: Lincoln Act"?

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

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

4. What is introduced in the "Overture" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?

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

6. 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"?

7. 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"?

8. What central theme or moral statement emerges in the ending of "Pickling"?

9. What is Lucy's response when Brazil asks whether she hears his father in The America Play, "C - Archaeology"? What is his reply?

10. What does the play on words of "Foundling Father" imply in The America Play?

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