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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 word, used by George in "Devotees in the Garden of Love" means profound dedication or consecration?
2. 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?
3. Who have been given items from the hope chest in scene "C" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
4. The hole in The America Play is described as an exact replica of what?
5. Charles lived next door to whom in "Pickling"?
Short Essay Questions
1. In scene "B" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love," how and what does Madame Odelia Pandahr describe?
2. How does Parks intertwine linear narrative and metaphor in The America Play?
3. Whose death is announced in "Panel II: First Chorus" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?
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 action takes place on stage as the Foundling Father gives his monologue in The America Play, "Act One: Lincoln Act"?
6. What story does Brazil relate to the audience in The America Play, "A - Big Bang"?
7. How does the term "pickling" apply to the play "Pickling"?
8. What conversation do Lucy and Brazil share of the Lesser Known in The America Play, "E - Spadework"?
9. What is suggested about Miss Miss's mother (and African Americans in the past) by her descriptions in "Pickling"?
10. What is evoked in the gunshots in The America Play, "Act One: Lincoln Act"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Describe and analyze the principle characters in "Snails." What are the objectives and characteristics of each character?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the symbolic elements of The America Play and their relationship to one another. How does Abraham Lincoln correlate to the Great Hole of History? Why does the author choose to use this imagery?
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