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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the old man repeatedly remind the old woman to drink in The Chairs?
(a) Her milk.
(b) Her wine.
(c) Her tea.
(d) Her water.

2. What did Mother Jack teach Jack to do when he wanted to be stung as a child?
(a) Rub his knees with nettles.
(b) Drink milk.
(c) Rub his knees with honey.
(d) Catch bees.

3. Who says, in the beginning of Jack, or The Submission, "never would I have believed you capable of this. You were my greatest hope"?
(a) Mother Jack.
(b) Mother Robert.
(c) Father Jack.
(d) Father Robert.

4. All of the characters, except who, could wear masks in Jack, or The Submission?
(a) Roberta I.
(b) Mother Jack.
(c) Jacqueline.
(d) Jack.

5. What does Roberta have two of?
(a) Noses.
(b) Heads.
(c) Mouths.
(d) Eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Chairs, what can be heard approaching in the distance?

2. What do the old man and old woman run out of in The Chairs?

3. What does the old woman say you use a leaf of beef, an hour of flour, a little gastric sugar?

4. Who has the old man hired in The Chairs?

5. In The Chairs. who is the second guest who arrives?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the meaning of the end of Jack, or The Submission?

2. Describe the basic plot of Jack, or The Submission.

3. What does the orator say when he arrives?

4. What happens when Roberta's veil is lifted in Jack, or The Submission?

5. What actually happens at the end of Jack, or The Submission?

6. In what way does the old woman's flattery contradict itself in The Chairs?

7. Discuss the similarities and differences between The Chairs and the other plays.

8. What does Jack's sister tell him which leads to his eruption?

9. Discuss the use of language in Jack, or The Submission in relation to the other plays.

10. How does the action rise in The Chairs?

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