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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. The Logician asks the housewife if what is spiteful in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

2. Whose birthday was Berenger out celebrating the night before in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

3. Who does Mr. Papillon tell Daisy to call in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros?

4. Jean tells Berenger in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros that he always sees the what side of everything?

5. What were the animals from the zoo destroyed by in Rhinoceros?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Jean's transformation in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros a voluntary one? Why or why not?

2. What correlation does Ionesco make between capitalism and rhinoceroses in the play Rhinoceros?

3. Describe the character of Mr. Papillon in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros.

4. What argument breaks out about the rhinoceroses in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

5. What is the logician teaching his friend in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

6. Who does Daisy call in the end of Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros? Why?

7. What characters are realistic in Act 1 of Rhinoceros? Which are not?

8. What does Mrs. Boeuf realize about the rhinoceros in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros? What does she do?

9. What is the association between ethical morality and the rhinoceroses in Rhinoceros?

10. What does the housewife break in Act 1 of Rhinoceros? What is the grocer's suggestion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of bourgeois life and bourgeois values in Rhinoceros. How do the characters represent this? How does Ionesco feel about bourgeois values based on the play?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of totalitarianism and blind following in the play The Leader. How does Ionesco express this theme?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of logic and absurdity in Rhinoceros. Which of these two wins out in the end? Why?

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