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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 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?
(a) Sang.
(b) Vanished.
(c) Turned into a bird.
(d) Burst into flames.

2. 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) A fugitive.
(b) A threat.
(c) Breathing anymore.
(d) Needed anymore.

3. In "B - Echo" of The America Play, a character comments that he can no longer endure the difficulties of his family history falling apart, and vows to do what?
(a) Commit suicide.
(b) Run away.
(c) Record it.
(d) Repair it.

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

5. What is a narrative technique wherein events are portrayed out of chronological order?
(a) Postmodern narrative.
(b) Linear narrative.
(c) Modernist narrative.
(d) Nonlinear narrative.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Charles' biceps described in "Pickling"?

2. In "E - Spadework" of The America Play, Lucy finishes a game of naming what?

3. Lucy's son claims in "A - Big Bang" of The America Play that his father was a natural what?

4. Conversation amongst the characters in the chorus of "Panel II: First Chorus" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World" refer to a time when?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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"?

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

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

4. What has happened to Black Man in "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," "Panel III: Thuh Lonesome 3Some"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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