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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to a hypersensitivity to a substance that causes the body to react to any contact with that substance?
(a) Phobia.
(b) Rash.
(c) Allergy.
(d) Hysteria.

2. What does Mr. Sergeant Smith refer to as a promotion in "Greeks (or the Slugs)"?
(a) A "Bump up."
(b) A "Mark of superiority."
(c) An "Elevation."
(d) A "Distinction."

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

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

5. What does Charlene complain the apartment is infested with in scene "C" of "Snails"?
(a) Rats.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Mice.
(d) Cockroaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Elements of Style" Parks suggests that the use of language involves what?

2. What is broken on the attire of Lucius in "Betting on the Dust Commander"?

3. What term refers to a vacation or leave of absence granted to an enlisted person?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What stylistic techniques does Parks describe using in her works in "Elements of Style"?

2. How does the theme of assimilation manifest in "Greeks (or the Slugs)"?

3. What imagined encounter does Aretha experience in "C" of "Open House"?

4. What metaphoric statement is made through repetition in "Betting on the Dust Commander"?

5. What imagery and sounds are depicted in the opening of "Betting on the Dust Commander"?

6. What is the central premise of the essay "Possession"? What play was inspired by a dream?

7. Who are the characters and what do they reveal in the play "Third Kingdom"?

8. What proposition does Lucius present in scene "B" of "Betting on the Dust Commander"? What did a woman at church criticize him for?

9. What apparatus does the Naturalist describe in scene "B" of "Snails"?

10. What news does Molly relate in scene "A" of "Snails"? Who does Charlene describe in the scene?

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