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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5, The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Elements of Style," Parks incorporates diagrams illustrating how some of her works function as what?
(a) Methodical melodramas.
(b) Postmodernist identities.
(c) Mathematical equations.
(d) Grammatical symbols.

2. What word refers to that made conspicuous by excellence; noted; eminent; famous?
(a) Presidential.
(b) Distinguished.
(c) Recognition.
(d) Superior.

3. Where is Mr. Sergeant Smith in scene "A" of "Greeks (or the Slugs)"?
(a) In the dining room.
(b) At his desk.
(c) Outside.
(d) In the bathroom.

4. In scene "B" of "Betting on the Dust Commander," Mare complains that Lucius is always going where?
(a) To the track.
(b) To the bar.
(c) To the library.
(d) To his friends house.

5. In her opening essays, what does Parks define as "the holding or having of something of one's own"?
(a) Belonging.
(b) Adoption.
(c) Possession.
(d) Ownership.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a narrative technique wherein events are portrayed out of chronological order?

2. The speakers in "Third Kingdom" recall being thrown off what?

3. For what play did Parks receive the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama?

4. The children in the beginning of "Open House" are worried about who will take care of what when Aretha is gone?

5. Conversation amongst the characters in the chorus of "Panel II: First Chorus" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World" refer to a time when?

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