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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 was the valley renamed in scene "D" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
(a) The Valley of Hope.
(b) The Valley of Despair.
(c) Loser's Valley.
(d) Miss George's Valley.

2. 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) Wash Black Man.
(b) Feed Black Man.
(c) Love Black Man.
(d) Teach Black Man.

3. By what title does the Foundling Father refer to the impersonator of Abraham Lincoln in The America Play?
(a) "Descendant."
(b) "Junior."
(c) "The Second Coming."
(d) "The Lesser Known."

4. Who appears to ask for more contributions in scene "C" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
(a) Madame Odelia Pandahr.
(b) George.
(c) Patty.
(d) Lily.

5. What does Miss Miss recall her mother doing with her hair in "Pickling"?
(a) Dying it.
(b) Brushing it.
(c) Brainding it.
(d) Cutting it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Miss Miss describes in "Pickling" how Charles once did what?

3. Madame Odelia Pandahr speaks in the manner of what in scene "B" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?

4. How many characters are in "Pickling"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the objective of the Foundling Father relate to other protagonists in the collection?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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