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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 did Miss Miss keep preserved of her mother's in "Pickling"?
(a) Her gums.
(b) Her hand.
(c) Her eyes.
(d) Her ears.
2. What does Lucy's son suddenly do when a gunshot is heard in "A - Big Bang" of The America Play?
(a) Hides behind a tree.
(b) Pretends to fall dead.
(c) Jumps in the air.
(d) Lays flat on the ground.
3. In "Panel V: In thuh Garden of Hoodoo It" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," what is Black Woman attempting to do?
(a) Feed Black Man.
(b) Wash Black Man.
(c) Love Black Man.
(d) Teach Black Man.
4. What word means to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority?
(a) Persecute.
(b) Lynch.
(c) Execute.
(d) Chastise.
5. What are the fighters battling for in scene "B" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
(a) The right to rule.
(b) Fame.
(c) Settlement of an old grudge.
(d) George's love.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are Lucy and her son watching on television in "G - The Great Beyond" of The America Play?
2. What was the valley renamed in scene "D" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
3. How are Charles' arms described in "Pickling"?
4. Abraham Lincoln was which in the number of American Presidents?
5. What does Miss Miss recall her mother doing with her hair in "Pickling"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Lucy and Brazil doing in The America Play, "A - Big Bang"? Where are they?
2. 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"?
3. What role does race play in "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
4. How does the term "pickling" apply to the play "Pickling"?
5. What are Lily and George doing in the opening of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
6. What central theme or moral statement emerges in the ending of "Pickling"?
7. What structural format does "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World" follow?
8. 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"?
9. How does Parks intertwine linear narrative and metaphor in The America Play?
10. What is evoked in the gunshots in The America Play, "Act One: Lincoln Act"?
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