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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. In The Chairs, what can be heard approaching in the distance?
(a) A train.
(b) A car.
(c) A boat.
(d) A carriage.

2. What time does the old man say it is in the beginning of The Chairs?
(a) 10 p.m.
(b) 6 p.m.
(c) 7 p.m.
(d) 9 p.m.

3. In The Chairs, what does the old man call the old woman?
(a) Senora.
(b) Semiramis.
(c) Wife.
(d) Mademoiselle.

4. In The Chairs, What does the old man offstage suggest the first guest put down offstage?
(a) Her fur.
(b) Her suitcase.
(c) Her raincoat.
(d) Her dog.

5. What does the old woman begin to sell once the room is packed?
(a) Tea.
(b) Notebooks.
(c) Programs.
(d) Peanuts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does the third guest (and her husband) bring to the old woman in The Chairs?

2. What did Mother Jack teach Jack to do when he wanted to be stung as a child?

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"?

4. What does Father Robert comment about Roberta's feet?

5. How old does Roberta II say she was almost when she was born?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the arrival of the emperor in The Chairs.

2. How does the action rise in The Chairs?

3. Describe the absurdism of Grandmother and Grandfather Jack.

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

5. What story does the old man tell the old woman in The Chairs? How does it end?

6. Once the guests stop arriving, what does the couple do in The Chairs?

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

8. Describe the opening images of The Chairs.

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

10. What is the absurdist statement in The Chairs?

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