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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 Jean wearing in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

2. Who asks Berenger if he wants to go for a drink in the end of Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros?

3. What does Jean say to Berenger in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

4. Where does Mrs. Boeuf land when she jumps in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros?

5. What does the Logician tell the old gentleman he's going to explain to him in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is discovered about the rhinoceroses in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros?

4. How does Jean's demeanor transform in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

5. What is the reaction of the office of the unexpected visitor's news in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros?

6. What does Berenger note about Jean's appearance in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

7. What about the rhinoceroses is discovered in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

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

9. Describe the character of Mr. Papillon in Act 2, Scene 1 of 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 literary and philosophical allusions to Nietzsche, Descartes, and Socrates in Rhinoceros. What does Ionesco challenge in the ideals of these writers?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the relationships between Berenger, Daisy, and Dudard in Rhinoceros. How do each of these characters feel about the other? How does this affect their actions?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Ionesco's uses of foreshadowing in Rhinoceros. What examples of foreshadowing are included in the Logician's conversation? What is foreshadowed in Act 2?

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