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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 does Delia say she did after finishing her book?
(a) Went to a party.
(b) Got drunk for three days.
(c) Hid it under her bed.
(d) Made a fortune.

2. What is shown on the slide that August states is out of place in Act 1 Part 4?
(a) The tomb of the god-king.
(b) A photograph of his wife.
(c) A gold mask.
(d) A pot from a previous excavation.

3. How does Dan say is the only way to feel completely safe on the sidewalks of New York?
(a) Completely drunk.
(b) Stoned.
(c) With a weapon.
(d) In daylight.

4. What does Dan say he fell asleep wrapped around in New York?
(a) A street post.
(b) A stop sign.
(c) A fire-alarm box.
(d) A mailbox.

5. What does Delia claim was the model for Camus' The Plague?
(a) Paris.
(b) New York.
(c) Oran.
(d) New Zealand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovers the evidence of the village site?

2. Which character says, in Act 1, "We'd be working somewhere else if our work here wasn't important?"

3. Jean says the women in her family have a history of what?

4. Who quotes Aztec poetry in Act 1?

5. Who is left alone in the dark at the end of Act 1 Part 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is the mask that was discovered made of gold? Why does August state that it is?

2. What is the primary motif used in the play? How does this motif symbolize the main character, and how does it relate to the theme?

3. What does Delia feel is the greatest sin? Why?

4. What does the discovery in Act 2 Part 1 lead Dan to theorize about this ancient culture?

5. How does Chad react to the news of Jean's pregnancy? Why?

6. Who do we discover is having an affair in Act 1? Who else knows about the affair?

7. In the opening of the play, August speaks into a tape recorder. To whom is he speaking and why?

8. What does the rain represent in Act 2?

9. Who is Professor August Howe? How old is he? What is his profession?

10. Which character's father was a physiologist? Describe the father's office from the perspective of that character.

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