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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is watching the battle in scene "B" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
(a) George and Lily.
(b) Patty.
(c) Madame Odelia Pandahr.
(d) George and Madame Odelia Pandahr.

2. What does Lucy's son confess, weeping, in the end of "C - Archaeology" of The America Play?
(a) His father mistreated him.
(b) He's glad his father is gone.
(c) He misses his father.
(d) He lied to his father.

3. Where was the location of the theatre in which Abraham Lincoln was shot?
(a) New York.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Chicago.

4. Lucy's son claims in "A - Big Bang" of The America Play that his father was a natural what?
(a) Digger.
(b) Talker.
(c) Writer.
(d) Thinker.

5. What was a portable device used to execute criminals in communities where there was not a jail that could accommodate them?
(a) The grill and kill.
(b) Chariot of death.
(c) Traveling electric chair.
(d) The end of time machine.

6. What word means to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority?
(a) Chastise.
(b) Execute.
(c) Lynch.
(d) Persecute.

7. In "Panel III: Thuh Lonesome 3Some" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," Black Man reveals that after he died he was cut down from the tree and let go, since he wasn't what?
(a) Needed anymore.
(b) A fugitive.
(c) A threat.
(d) Breathing anymore.

8. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Mark David Chapman.
(b) John Hinckley, Jr.
(c) John Wilkes Booth.
(d) Robert E. Lee.

9. What was the valley renamed in scene "D" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
(a) The Valley of Hope.
(b) Miss George's Valley.
(c) The Valley of Despair.
(d) Loser's Valley.

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

11. "Pickling" is what genre of drama?
(a) Stage play.
(b) Television pilot.
(c) Film script.
(d) Radio play.

12. What possession of Miss Miss' does she wonder what happened to in "Pickling"?
(a) Her coat.
(b) Her coffin.
(c) Her ice-box.
(d) Her convertable.

13. What does George bring out for Lily's inspection in scene "A" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
(a) A pair of pants.
(b) A coin.
(c) A hope chest.
(d) A book.

14. How are Charles' arms described in "Pickling"?
(a) White.
(b) Flabby.
(c) Weak.
(d) Taut.

15. When was Abraham Lincoln born?
(a) 1809.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1805.
(d) 1797.

Short Answer Questions

1. In scene "C" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love," who has been taking items from the hope chest?

2. When does Miss Miss remember Charles coming by to eat in "Pickling"?

3. In the "Overture" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," how many floors do the characters say the man fell?

4. How are Charles' biceps described in "Pickling"?

5. 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"?

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