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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. How is Freddie Gonzaga related to Rio?

2. What is the name of the club that Pucha and Rio plan to visit in Scene 9?

3. What does the audience hear before the lights come up at the beginning of Scene 1?

4. What is significant about the day of Scene 12?

5. Who do Rio and Pucha gossip about in Scene 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rio think about the Manila she has returned to?

2. What state is Joey in when he enters in Scene 10?

3. In Scene 4, how does Uncle goad Joey?

4. Describe the speech that Avila delivers in Scene 7.

5. Describe the montage of Scene 15.

6. Why does Chiquiting become annoyed in Scene 14?

7. Describe the party at the beginning of Scene 14.

8. At the beginning of Scene 10, what do Perlita and Chiquiting gossip about?

9. How are Tito Alvarez and Lolita Luna greeted at Studio 54 in Scene 14?

10. What is peculiar about the tryst between Trini and Romeo in Scene 15?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the influence of American culture on the Manila of Dogeaters. Discuss individual examples of appropriated American culture in the city. Which characters have taken on American personas? What do you think America represents to the people of the Philippines at this point in its history?

Essay Topic 2

In Dogeaters, Jessica Hagedorn juxtaposes the capital city of Manila, the stronghold of the Marcoses, with the hinterland of the Philippine mountain areas. The latter is the provenance for the NPA. Write an essay about the juxtaposition of these two settings:

Part 1) How has Manila changed at the beginning of the play? Discuss the changes that the Marcos regime has enacted. What are they modeling their capital city on, and how do the people of the Philippines feel about this development?

Part 2) Describe the mountain regions outside Manila. How are they different from the rest of the settings in Dogeaters? What groups congregate in this region, and what is their relationship to the Marcos regime?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the intersection between light entertainment and history in this play. Why does Hagedorn choose a soap opera for the frame of the story? What other light entertainment references and elements appear in the narrative? Thematically, how does this serve historical thesis of the play?

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