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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 "D - Echo" of The America Play, what was the line that triggered the laughter that covered Booth's advancing on Lincoln?
(a) "Sockdologizing old man-trap."
(b) "Bollocking old hag."
(c) "Panderizing old man-trap."
(d) "Four score and seven years ago."

2. The Lesser Known left his family to pursue an occupation as what in The America Play?
(a) A musician.
(b) A railroad conductor.
(c) An Abraham Lincoln impersonator.
(d) An engineer.

3. What possession of Miss Miss' does she wonder what happened to in "Pickling"?
(a) Her coat.
(b) Her coffin.
(c) Her convertable.
(d) Her ice-box.

4. What was injured on Black Man when he escaped execution in "Panel I: Thou Holy Ghost" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?
(a) His feet.
(b) His hands.
(c) His legs.
(d) His arms.

5. In "E - Spadework" of The America Play, Lucy finishes a game of naming what?
(a) Presidents.
(b) Countries.
(c) Animals.
(d) State capitals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?

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

3. What word, used by George in "Devotees in the Garden of Love" means profound dedication or consecration?

4. What name does George state she would rather have been called in "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is described about Miss Miss's mother in "Pickling"?

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

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

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

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

6. 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"?

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

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

9. What role does race play in "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?

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

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