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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. Abraham Lincoln was which in the number of American Presidents?
(a) 16th.
(b) 18th.
(c) 14th.
(d) 17th.

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

3. In "B - Echo" of The America Play, the Foundling Father introduces a scene from what play?
(a) Spring Awakening.
(b) Our American Cousin.
(c) The Mikado.
(d) A Dolls House.

4. 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?
(a) Needed anymore.
(b) Breathing anymore.
(c) A threat.
(d) A fugitive.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lucy's son suddenly do when a gunshot is heard in "A - Big Bang" of The America Play?

3. In "Panel I: Thou Holy Ghost" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," Black Woman recalls how much has changed since when?

4. At what theatre was Abraham Lincoln shot?

5. Miss Miss describes in "Pickling" how attractive Charles looked in what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In what ways does Madame Odelia Pandahr build suspense in scene "D" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?

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

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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