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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. Madame Odelia Pandahr speaks in the manner of what in scene "B" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
2. The Lesser Known's new profession had little success until he began to offer people the opportunity to do what?
3. How many characters are in "Pickling"?
4. What are the fighters battling for in scene "B" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
5. What does the Foundling Father quote in "D - Echo" of The America Play" over recorded laughter and applause?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Parks intertwine linear narrative and metaphor in The America Play?
2. What structural format does "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World" follow?
3. What is introduced in the "Overture" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?
4. How does the term "pickling" apply to the play "Pickling"?
5. What action takes place on stage as the Foundling Father gives his monologue in The America Play, "Act One: Lincoln Act"?
6. How does the objective of the Foundling Father relate to other protagonists in the collection?
7. What are Lily and George doing in the opening of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
8. What does the play on words of "Foundling Father" imply in The America Play?
9. 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"?
10. What is Lucy's response when Brazil asks whether she hears his father in The America Play, "C - Archaeology"? What is his reply?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the characters of Mr. and Mrs. Sergeant Smith in "Greeks (or the Slugs)." What is the overall objective of each character? What actions are taken in the first two scenes?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the dramatic structure of the Classical Greek theatre and historical references in "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World."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?
Essay Topic 3
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"?
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