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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 C do every time A gushes about his love and desire for her in "Crave"?
2. What does Billy show a little black boy in the cafe at breakfast in "Skin"?
3. Which characters in "Crave" are men?
4. Over breakfast, Billy comments on the ingredients of what in "Skin"?
5. How many aspirin does the protagonist down with a bottle of wine in "4.48 Psychosis"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the play "4.48 Psychosis" begin with in its opening? What is the protagonist's objective?
2. How does Tinker attempt to help Grace in the second half of "Cleansed"?
3. Why does Kane cite the atrocities of the world in "4.48 Psychosis"? How does this relate to other plays of the anthology?
4. For whom did Kane write "Skin"? Who is the film's central character?
5. What character does M take on in the second half of "Crave"? How does A change in Part 2?
6. What plot threads emerge in the second half of "Cleansed"?
7. What is described in the introduction for "4.48 Psychosis"?
8. What is B's central role in "Crave"? What does he express in the ending?
9. How does the protagonist of "4.48 Psychosis" resemble Sarah Kane?
10. What is the central theme of "Crave"? How does this relate to the other works in the anthology?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define the literary and dramatic terms "objective," "obstacle," "action," and "conflict." How do each of these apply in Scene 2 in "Blasted"?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of mutilation in the play "Cleansed". How does this theme relate to the other plays in the anthology?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of "self-inflicted pain" and the actions of Hippolytus in Scenes 6 and 7 of "Phaedra's Love". In what way does Hippolytus seek his own demise?
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