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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is said in Val's character reference?

2. Where is the play set?

3. Where does Carol say you go after jooking on a clear night?

4. How old does Carol say she is?

5. What does Carol pass to Val after he sings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Carol say you do after "jooking?"

2. How does Carol describe herself to Val?

3. What does the Nurse accuse Lady of before leaving?

4. What does Jabe say after Lady is shot? What does he do?

5. Why does Lady enter panicked at the beginning of Act 3?

6. What does Val ask Lady after the Nurse leaves? What does she respond?

7. Describe the birds that Val tells Lady about. What is remarkable about them?

8. Describe the set of Orpheus Descending.

9. What is Carol doing at the nearby gas station in Act 2? Why?

10. What do the Town Women remark about Jabe to his face? What do they say behind his back?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Beulah and Carol. How are they similar? How do they differ? How do these characters feel about each other?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Orpheus Descending retells the legend of the demigod Orpheus. What similarities do the stories share? How do they differ?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the ending of Orpheus Descending reflects the exposition presented in the prologue? How is Val's death like that of Lady's father?

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