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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. Miss Miss describes in "Pickling" how attractive Charles looked in what?
(a) A muscle shirt.
(b) A suit.
(c) A towel.
(d) Swim trunks.

2. 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 duty.
(c) Their curse.
(d) Their salvation.

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

4. When was Abraham Lincoln born?
(a) 1800.
(b) 1805.
(c) 1809.
(d) 1797.

5. 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 arms.
(b) His feet.
(c) His hands.
(d) His legs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In scene "C" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love," who has been taking items from the hope chest?

2. 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?

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

4. What are the names of the two combatants in scene "B" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?

5. In the "Overture" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," the characters refer to when the man who did what while falling?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are Lily and George doing in the opening of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?

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

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

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

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

9. 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"?

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

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