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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 the doctor say Hippolytus needs to do in Scene 2 of "Phaedra's Love"?
(a) Exercise every day.
(b) Take heart medication.
(c) Change his diet and habits.
(d) Have his eyes checked by a specialist.

2. What does the soldier do while raping Ian in "Blasted"?
(a) Weeps uncontrollably.
(b) Yells at him.
(c) Beats him.
(d) Bites his ear off.

3. How did Sarah Kane die?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Car accident.
(c) Execution.
(d) Cancer.

4. What is Ian doing in the opening of Scene 2 of "Blasted"?
(a) Reading the paper.
(b) Playing cards.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Watching television.

5. Who is the queen in "Phaedra's Love"?
(a) Hippolytus.
(b) Theseus.
(c) Strophe.
(d) Phaedra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carl ask Rod to accept in Scene 2 of "Cleansed"?

2. Where does Scene 4 of "Cleansed" take place?

3. When talking to the soldier in Scene 3 of "Blasted", Ian claims not to be English but what?

4. Where are Graham and Tinker in Scene 1 of "Cleansed"?

5. What does Hippolytus tell Phaedra will happen if they sleep together in Scene 4 of "Phaedra's Love"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who breaks into the hotel room in Scene 2 of "Blasted"? What does he do?

2. What does Strophe reveal happened to Phaedra in Scene 5 of "Phaedra's Love"? How does Hippolytus respond?

3. What is Hippolytus doing in the beginning of Scene 4 of "Phaedra's Love"? What does Phaedra enter with?

4. Discuss the staging of "Phaedra's Love." What elements would make staging difficult?

5. How does Tinker's character evolve in "Cleansed"? What is his central objective?

6. What takes place in the opening of Scene 2 of "Blasted"? How much time elapsed from Scene 1?

7. What is the symbolic and thematic center of "Cleansed"?

8. What is the focus of "Blasted" following the soldier's suicide?

9. Where is the opening of "Cleansed" set? Who is in the first scene?

10. How many works are included in Sarah Kane: Complete Plays? What themes tie the works together?

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