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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 word refers to an infant or small child found abandoned; a child without a known parent or guardian?
(a) Foundling.
(b) Loner.
(c) Orphan.
(d) Bastard.

2. What does one of the characters call out to be taken off him in "Panel II: First Chorus" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?
(a) Chains.
(b) Straps.
(c) Wires.
(d) Clothes.

3. In "Panel II: First Chorus" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," what name is used to refer to "the absolutely last living Negro man in the whole entire known world"?
(a) Robert Jenkins.
(b) Albert Wilkins.
(c) William Jackson.
(d) Gamble Major.

4. What does George bring out for Lily's inspection in scene "A" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
(a) A hope chest.
(b) A book.
(c) A coin.
(d) A pair of pants.

5. Miss Miss describes in "Pickling" how Charles once did what?
(a) Married her mother.
(b) Saved her life.
(c) Tried to kill her.
(d) Married her daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Charles' biceps described in "Pickling"?

2. In "Panel III: Thuh Lonesome 3Some" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," Black Man reveals that after he died he was cut down from the tree and let go, since he wasn't what?

3. What is ripped in two in the song by Miss Miss in "Pickling"?

4. What refers to that characterized by a manner of writing in which a character's thoughts or perceptions are presented as occurring in random form, without regard for logical sequences?

5. What was the name of Abraham Lincoln's wife?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 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"?

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

5. Discuss the use of archetypes in "Devotees in the Garden of Love." How does this affect the characters' actions?

6. What is suggested about Miss Miss's mother (and African Americans in the past) by her descriptions in "Pickling"?

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

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

9. How are linear and stream-of-consciousness narratives juxtaposed in "Pickling"?

10. How did the Lesser Known gain success in his impersonations, according to the Foundling Father in The America Play, "Act One: Lincoln Act"?

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