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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 city does the old man in The Chairs say collapsed?
(a) Paris.
(b) Greece.
(c) Rome.
(d) London.

2. What is Roberta wearing when she enters in Jack, or The Submission?
(a) A parlor hat.
(b) A wedding gown.
(c) An evening gown.
(d) A cocktail dress.

3. What is Grandfather Jack referred to as?
(a) Centagenet.
(b) Obstinate.
(c) Septagent.
(d) Octagenet.

4. Who in Jack, or The Submission mostly just sings?
(a) Grandmother Jack.
(b) Father Robert.
(c) Grandfather Jack.
(d) Jacqueline.

5. Jack's sister refers to her father's "big hairy foot full of" what?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Rage.
(c) Horns.
(d) Spite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mother Jack tells Jack, "I've been a true sweetheart, a husband, a sailor, a buddy, a _____."

2. What does the old woman say her son accused them of killing in The Chairs?

3. How many years have the old man and old woman been married in The Chairs?

4. Jack's sister claims she's not, he's not, she's not, nor Jack is not a what?

5. In The Chairs, how old is the old man?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the action rise in The Chairs?

3. What does the orator say when he arrives?

4. What does Jack say that makes his family celebrate him?

5. What is Jack's reaction upon seeing Roberta II?

6. How do the words and actions connect in Jack, or The Submission?

7. What leads to Roberta's entrance? Describe it.

8. How is the absurdism different in The Chairs than the other plays?

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

10. How does Roberta II seduce Jack?

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