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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7, The America Play, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aretha is questioned about her marital status to whom in scene "C" of "Open House"?
(a) Steven Charles.
(b) John Stevens.
(c) Charles Saxon.
(d) John Saxon.

2. In "Elements of Style" Parks suggests that form defines what, and vice versa?
(a) Reviews.
(b) Content.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Genre.

3. What does Black Man want Black Woman to dig in "Panel I: Thou Holy Ghost" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?
(a) A rose garden.
(b) A tunnel.
(c) A hole of history.
(d) A mass grave.

4. What is the name of the exterminator Charlene intends to call in "C" of "Snails"?
(a) Ovechkin.
(b) Lutzky.
(c) Borishnikov.
(d) Koritchev.

5. When did the Thirteenth Amendment abolish slavery?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1871.
(d) 1867.

Short Answer Questions

1. In scene "B" of "Betting on the Dust Commander," Mare suggests that she and Lucius have children, as they have neither what?

2. In "Elements of Style," Parks incorporates diagrams illustrating how some of her works function as what?

3. What word refers to that made conspicuous by excellence; noted; eminent; famous?

4. Who speaks of developing an unusual friendship with a robber who repeatedly came to her house in scene "A" of "Snails"?

5. The Lesser Known's new profession had little success until he began to offer people the opportunity to do what?

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