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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lena take off the dead man and throw at Boesman?

2. Where did the child die?

3. What does Lena call Boesman for what he does to the shelter?

4. What does Lena plan on digging for tomorrow?

5. What hurt Lena more than Boesman's beatings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Athol Fugard hope to use theater as a means to change the society in which he lived? Was he successful?

Essay Topic 2

What is the effect of producing a show such as Boesman and Lena in the United States, or other countries which no longer have a segregated society? Is there a purpose to reading and producing these works?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the changes in race relations in South Africa in the 1960s versus today. How have things changed? Is there still bigotry in this country?

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