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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 "C - Archaeology" of The America Play, Lucy suggests that her son is hearing two sorts of echoes - of the sound connected with his father's life, and of what?
(a) The words.
(b) The images.
(c) His ideas.
(d) His death.

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

3. In the "Overture" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," the characters suggest that the black man moved his hands when the world was what?
(a) Colder.
(b) Ancient.
(c) Unexplored.
(d) Flat.

4. In "C - Archaeology" of The America Play, Lucy's son comments that the hole they're digging is, in fact, what?
(a) Their inheritance.
(b) Their salvation.
(c) Their duty.
(d) Their curse.

5. At what theatre was Abraham Lincoln shot?
(a) Abbey's Theater
(b) The Chicago Theatre.
(c) The Broadway Theatre.
(d) Ford's Theatre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the location of the theatre in which Abraham Lincoln was shot?

2. What does the Foundling Father quote in "D - Echo" of The America Play" over recorded laughter and applause?

3. In "Final Chorus" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," characters interject the comment that "the page" is both what?

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

5. Who is watching the battle in scene "B" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Whose death is announced in "Panel II: First Chorus" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?

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. With what song and memories does Miss Miss open the play "Pickling"?

9. What is evoked in the gunshots in The America Play, "Act One: Lincoln Act"?

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

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