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

2. Where does the play open?
(a) In Sarah's room.
(b) In a school house.
(c) In a bar.
(d) In a funhouse.

3. Where does the Landlady say Sarah stays?
(a) In her room.
(b) In the library.
(c) In the closet.
(d) In the bar.

4. Where was the person the African-American man dreamed about sitting?
(a) On a beach.
(b) On a chair.
(c) On a bed.
(d) On the floor.

5. What did the Duchess' father do for a job?
(a) He was a clown.
(b) He was a writer.
(c) He was a missionary.
(d) He was an actor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Negro" claim is her only African-American feature?

2. What does the Duchess ask Raymond to do?

3. Who does the Duchess represent?

4. What does the Duchess think her father wants to do to her?

5. What did the person the African-American man dreamed about do to the African-American man?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sound occurs during the Duchess' scene with Jesus? Who makes the knocking noise?

2. What is symbolic about the mask the African-American man carries on stage?

3. In Part 1, who does the audience learn is knocking?

4. What did the African-American man's father tell his son was going to come after him?

5. What do the Duchess and Jesus do to each other in Part 4?

6. When Jesus wakes up who does he say he will kill and for who?

7. What does the white woman who crosses the stage in the white nightgown say the first time? What does she say the second time she crosses the stage?

8. What is symbolic about the bag of hair the Duchess brings on stage?

9. How does the Duchess help Jesus cope with his missing hair?

10. Where did the African-American man's mother end up?

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