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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. Who faces a forthcoming marriage in scene "A" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
2. What is a narrative technique wherein events are portrayed out of chronological order?
3. What does Miss Miss remember Charles coming by to eat in "Pickling"?
4. What was the name of Abraham Lincoln's wife?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Lily and George doing in the opening of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
2. What is Lucy's response when Brazil asks whether she hears his father in The America Play, "C - Archaeology"? What is his reply?
3. With what song and memories does Miss Miss open the play "Pickling"?
4. What role does race play in "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
5. In scene "B" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love," how and what does Madame Odelia Pandahr describe?
6. What conversation do Black Man and Black Woman share in "Panel I: Thou Holy Ghost" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?
7. What central theme or moral statement emerges in the ending of "Pickling"?
8. What is introduced in the "Overture" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?
9. How did the Lesser Known gain success in his impersonations, according to the Foundling Father in The America Play, "Act One: Lincoln Act"?
10. Whose death is announced in "Panel II: First Chorus" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Identify and analyze the central characters, themes, symbols and structural elements in "Open House." What is the author's overall statement in Aretha's metaphor?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the dramatic structure of the Classical Greek theatre and historical references in "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World." Where and when did the traveling electric chair originate?
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