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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 does Jean begin to cry out for once he transitions to a rhinoceros in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

2. What does Botard call an opiate of the people in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros?

3. What does Jean say he doesn't believe in in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

4. What is Jean wearing in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

5. What does Jean take from his coat pocket to give to Berenger in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jean's state when Berenger arrives in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

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

3. Who is the old man who lives next to Jean? What does he tell Berenger in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

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

5. Describe Jean and Berenger as they first appear in Act 1 of Rhinoceros.

6. What is Berenger's argument against the rhinoceroses in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

7. Why does Mr. Papillon ask about Mr. Boeuf in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros?

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

9. What is Berenger's reaction to the first rhinoceros in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the settings of Rhinoceros, The Leader, and The Future is in the Eggs. How do the settings of these plays compare? How are they different?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe Jean's transformation in Rhinoceros. What ideological changes does he undergo? What physical changes?

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