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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the cross symbolize in the play?
(a) America.
(b) Africa.
(c) The Klu Klux Klan.
(d) Jesus.

2. What part of the city was the African-American man's father in when he tried to hurt himself?
(a) Annapolis.
(b) Main Street.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Queens.

3. Who does "Negro" transform into?
(a) The duchess.
(b) The queen.
(c) The landlady.
(d) Sarah.

4. What did the African-American man's father say the people that were coming for him were going to do to him?
(a) Hang him.
(b) Arrest him.
(c) Shoot him.
(d) Nail him to a cross.

5. What is the significance of the ability for the characters to hide their hair loss?
(a) That hair loss is no big deal.
(b) The lack of permanence in people's lives.
(c) That identity is still in place.
(d) That people can hide flaws.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Adrienne Kennedy describe the Landlady's character?

2. The African-American man is telling another character's story. What aspect of this character's life do we learn through the African-American man?

3. How did the African-American man feel about his mother?

4. What happened when Sarah saw her father in Part 4?

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

(see the answer key)

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