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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 Daisy curse in Scene 9?

2. In Scene 16, Senator Avila says he sent Daisy's mother away for what reason?

3. What does Senator Avila say that Daisy wants to do in Scene 16?

4. In what setting does Scene 17 begin?

5. Who does Joey first tell about witnessing the assassination?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Romeo killed in Scene 7?

2. How is Joey connected to the assassination?

3. What do the NPA guerrillas feel about Joey in Scene 11?

4. Describe Daisy's Scene 9 interaction with her dead father.

5. How is Daisy interrogated in Scene 8?

6. What does Imelda Marcos say about the assassination in Scene 10?

7. What spectral occurrence happens in Scene 1?

8. In what state is Daisy Avila in Scene 16?

9. How does Uncle betray Joey in Scene 4?

10. How does Rio react to news of the assassination in Scene 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The country of the Philippines is the primary character of Dogeaters, and it undergoes many changes as a political climate turns bloody. Write a three part essay about the transition the Philippines undergoes:

Part 1) Describe the Philippines at the beginning of the play. How do the Marcoses rule it, and what is the coal structure like? Discuss how the colonial history of the country has shaped Philippine society.

Part 2) The catalyzing event of Dogeaters is the murder of Senator Avila. Why is Avila murdered? How does the populace respond to the assassination? Discuss if and how Philippine society is changed by this upheaval.

Part 3) Discuss the state of the Philippines at the end of the play. What has changes in the sociopolitical climate, and what is the same as it was before? What cumulative effect did the coup have?

Essay Topic 2

Dogeaters does not have a clearly defines single protagonists, only characters that are points of entry for audience sympathies. Three characters undergo significant arcs and could serve the role of protagonist. In an essay, discuss the arc of each. What normal existence does each character have at the beginning? How do the events of the play shatter this normalcy? Where does this character end the play? What is his or her catharsis?

Part 1) Joey Sands

Part 2) Daisy Avila

Part 3) Rio

Essay Topic 3

The narrative of Dogeaters is based on actual historical events that took place in Manila, but Jessica Hagedorn intermingles fiction and fact in the play. Write an essay about this intermingling. What elements of the play - characters, settings, events - are factual, and what is dramatic invention? How do the fictional elements serve the historical truth Hagedorn is trying to impart?

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