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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poem One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does each character do before anyone starts to speak?
(a) Runs on stage and falls on the floor.
(b) Sings a popular song.
(c) Dances to a popular song.
(d) Runs on stage and freezes in a position of distress.

2. What is the purpose of Poem One?
(a) It is a preface to the story.
(b) It is a song about the main characters.
(c) It is the introduction to a character's life.
(d) It is an innvocation.

3. Which character says, "are we ghouls?/ children of horror?/ the joke?"
(a) The lady in brown.
(b) The lady in green.
(c) The lady in orange.
(d) The lady in red.

4. Who is the first person to speak in the play?
(a) The lady in red.
(b) The lady in brown.
(c) The lady in green.
(d) The lady in orange.

5. What does the narrator mean when she says, "dark phrases of womanhood/ of never havin been a girl/ half-notes scattered/ without rhythm" in Poem One?
(a) She takes life seriously.
(b) Her life is perfect.
(c) Her life is on track and very focused.
(d) Her life is scattered with no direction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of this work?

2. What is the title of Poem One?

3. Where is the lady in purple from?

4. What game do the characters play at the end of the play?

5. Which one of these folk songs does the cast of the play sing in Poem One?

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