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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Duchess ask Raymond to do?
(a) Kill her.
(b) Kiss her.
(c) Marry her.
(d) Hide her.

2. In Part 4, who does the Landlady say died?
(a) Sarah's father.
(b) Patrice Lumumba.
(c) The Queen.
(d) Sarah.

3. What is the play's stage setting supposed to represent?
(a) A farm.
(b) A circus.
(c) A funhouse.
(d) Downtown Harlem.

4. How did the African-American man feel about his mother?
(a) He didn't care for her.
(b) He hated her.
(c) He loved her.
(d) He was indifferent.

5. How does the African-American man feel about himself?
(a) He despises himself.
(b) He thinks he is handsome.
(c) He thinks he is manly.
(d) He loves himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the rejection of the African-American man's mother symbolize?

2. How many times do the characters retell this story in Part 5?

3. What is heard throughout the scene with the Duchess of Hapsburg and Queen Victoria?

4. What didn't the African-American man's mother want him to do?

5. Who calms down the balding character in Part 4?

(see the answer key)

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