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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. Who faces a forthcoming marriage in scene "A" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
(a) George.
(b) Madame Odelia Pandahr.
(c) Patty.
(d) Lily.

2. Miss Miss describes in "Pickling" how Charles once did what?
(a) Tried to kill her.
(b) Married her daughter.
(c) Saved her life.
(d) Married her mother.

3. Who does Lucius describe having criticized him for wearing the same clothes every day in scene "B" of "Betting on the Dust Commander"?
(a) A woman at the gym.
(b) A woman at church.
(c) Their next-door neighbor.
(d) A woman at the track.

4. In "Elements of Style" Parks urges playwrights to find what in the lines of the characters?
(a) Passion.
(b) Humanity.
(c) Action.
(d) Reason.

5. In "An Equation for Black People Onstage," Parks calls for African-Americans "to show the world and ourselves our beautiful and powerfully" what?
(a) "Infinite variety."
(b) "Accurate wisdom."
(c) "Creative minds."
(d) "Interesting culture."

Short Answer Questions

1. Charles speaks to Aretha about the importance of what in scene "E" of "Open House"?

2. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?

3. What is a narrative technique wherein events are portrayed in chronological order?

4. In scene "B" of "Open House," Aretha speaks of God looking down on whom?

5. In "Panel I: Thou Holy Ghost" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," Black Man tells Black Woman he's been accused of what?

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