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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 Miss Miss remember Charles coming by to eat in "Pickling"?
2. Charles lived next door to whom in "Pickling"?
3. What does the Foundling Father quote in "D - Echo" of The America Play" over recorded laughter and applause?
4. In "Panel I: Thou Holy Ghost" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," Black Man tells Black Woman he's been accused of what?
5. What can be seen as a metaphoric representation of the essentially empty, idealized image of Lincoln inhabited and clung to by the Foundling Father and shot by the would-be assassins in The American Play?
Short Essay Questions
1. What story does Brazil relate to the audience in The America Play, "A - Big Bang"?
2. 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"?
3. How does the objective of the Foundling Father relate to other protagonists in the collection?
4. Whose death is announced in "Panel II: First Chorus" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?
5. What central theme or moral statement emerges in the ending of "Pickling"?
6. What are Lucy and Brazil doing in The America Play, "A - Big Bang"? Where are they?
7. What is suggested about Miss Miss's mother (and African Americans in the past) by her descriptions in "Pickling"?
8. What play does the Foundling Father introduce in The America Play, "B - Echo"? What takes place?
9. What conversation do Lucy and Brazil share of the Lesser Known in The America Play, "E - Spadework"?
10. 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"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the characters of Mare and Lucius in "Betting on the Dust Commander" as well as the literary element of repetition. What is the purpose of repetition in drama?
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 relationship between history and African American youth as depicted in "Open House." What is Parks saying about history's importance in the play?
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