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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. In "Act One: Lincoln Act" of The America Play, the Foundling Father refers to Abraham Lincoln as what?
2. What was the valley renamed in scene "D" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
3. In "Panel II: First Chorus" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," who announces the death of "the absolutely last living Negro man in the whole entire known world"?
4. In "E - Spadework" of The America Play, Lucy finishes a game of naming what?
5. How are Lily and George related in "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Lucy's response when Brazil asks whether she hears his father in The America Play, "C - Archaeology"? What is his reply?
2. What has happened to Black Man in "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," "Panel III: Thuh Lonesome 3Some"?
3. What structural format does "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World" follow?
4. What conversation do Lucy and Brazil share of the Lesser Known in The America Play, "E - Spadework"?
5. What are Lily and George doing in the opening of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
6. What play does the Foundling Father introduce in The America Play, "B - Echo"? What takes place?
7. How does the term "pickling" apply to the play "Pickling"?
8. What role does race play in "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
9. Whose death is announced in "Panel II: First Chorus" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?
10. 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"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss ways in which African Americans in the past were blinded to or denied their own cultural identity. How does Parks depict this as African Americans attempting to fulfill a role created by white culture in "Pickling"?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the motif of transformation in "Third Kingdom," "Open House" and "Third Kingdom, Reprise." How do these plays relate to the theme of identity?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the themes, imagery, and symbolism in "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World." How does the symbolism reflect the theme of identity in the play?
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