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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Lucy's son claim his father used to visit when he was back east in "A - Big Bang" of The America Play?
2. 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?
3. What is the short song which Miss Miss opens "Pickling" about?
4. What are the names of the two combatants in scene "B" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
5. What is the name of Lucy's son in The America Play?
Short Essay Questions
1. What story does Brazil relate to the audience in The America Play, "A - Big Bang"?
2. What is introduced in the "Overture" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?
3. What action takes place on stage as the Foundling Father gives his monologue in The America Play, "Act One: Lincoln Act"?
4. What does the play on words of "Foundling Father" imply in The America Play?
5. What is suggested about Miss Miss's mother (and African Americans in the past) by her descriptions in "Pickling"?
6. What is evoked in the gunshots in The America Play, "Act One: Lincoln Act"?
7. What is described about Miss Miss's mother in "Pickling"?
8. What central theme or moral statement emerges in the ending of "Pickling"?
9. Discuss the use of archetypes in "Devotees in the Garden of Love." How does this affect the characters' actions?
10. In scene "B" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love," how and what does Madame Odelia Pandahr describe?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss postmodernism in literature and the role of the "other," and analyze how these terms apply to "An Equation for Black People Onstage" and the philosophies of Suzan-Lori Parks.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the philosophies and techniques presented in "Possession" and "Elements of Style." What elements of form dictate content, according to the author?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the original production of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World." What successes has the play achieved? What criticism did the play meet and why?
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