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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 protagonist of "4.48 Psychosis" want to do?
(a) Live life to it's fullest.
(b) Kill herself.
(c) Get high.
(d) Kill her neighbor.

2. Who sits with Tinker and Grace in Scene 12 of "Cleansed"?
(a) Carl.
(b) Graham.
(c) Rod.
(d) Robin.

3. C in "Crave" suspects the only meaningful thing she will do is what?
(a) Get married.
(b) Have children.
(c) Die.
(d) Write a book.

4. Which characters are women in "Crave"?
(a) B and A.
(b) B.
(c) M.
(d) C and M.

5. Which characters in "Crave" are men?
(a) C.
(b) B and A.
(c) B.
(d) C and M.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes to watch the Woman dance in Scene 11 of "Cleansed"?

2. Who is Billy's old black neighbor in "Skin"?

3. How long is the film "Skin"?

4. Who speaks bitterly of his loss in the final moments of "Crave"?

5. What sprouts across the stage as Tinker enters in Scene 10 of "Cleansed"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the central theme of "Crave"? How is this illustrated through the characters?

2. What plot threads emerge in the second half of "Cleansed"?

3. How does Tinker attempt to help Grace in the second half of "Cleansed"?

4. How does "4.48 Psychosis" reflect an Aristotilian aesthetic?

5. Why does Kane cite the atrocities of the world in "4.48 Psychosis"? How does this relate to other plays of the anthology?

6. Where do the skinheads cause a brawl in "Skin"? Where does Billy flee?

7. How does the protagonist of "4.48 Psychosis" describe death? What treatment does she describe in her past?

8. What happens at the cafe in "Skin"?

9. What characters are central in the first half of "Crave"? What do they discuss?

10. How does the protagonist of "4.48 Psychosis" resemble Sarah Kane?

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