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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 are Senoritas "always ready for" according to the song?

2. What does the Beauty Queen practice daily?

3. What does the girl who went to see the ocean carry with her?

4. In the song the Senoritas sing, what do they have in their souls?

5. What does Miss Commonwealth sing of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Senorita 3's sister?

2. What advice does the Mother/Mama tell the Girl about being a woman?

3. What story does Senorita 2 tell about the Man?

4. Who enters as the Girl is mimicking the Catch Women? What does she say?

5. What does the Man tell the Researcher that his wife does all day?

6. What does the Girl do after the Martyrs speak of their woes?

7. What do the Women see in each other at the end of the play? What does the Girl do?

8. How does Catch Woman 3 use her eyes to attract a man?

9. In what state is the Girl in the last scene of the play? How do the Women react to her?

10. What does the Midwife tell Maria la O as she is leaving? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of Pop Culture in Beautiful Senoritas. What forms of Pop Culture are represented in the play? What is their purpose? How do these reflect the themes of the play?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the term "Objectification." How does Beautiful Women exemplify the objectification of women? What scenes in the play present this objectification?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Irony as a literary device in Beautiful Senoritas. What are the three types of irony? What are examples of each within the play? What does this device illuminate in terms of theme?

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