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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. In scene "C" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love," Lily refers to how important it used to be for a bride to have what?
(a) A white gown.
(b) A well-set table.
(c) Elaborate hair.
(d) A giant wedding.

2. What was the name of the Lesser Known's wife in The America Play?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Martha.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Wilma.

3. At what theatre was Abraham Lincoln shot?
(a) The Broadway Theatre.
(b) Ford's Theatre.
(c) The Chicago Theatre.
(d) Abbey's Theater

4. What is ripped in two in the song by Miss Miss in "Pickling"?
(a) A handkerchief.
(b) A letter.
(c) A photograph.
(d) A flower.

5. What did Miss Miss keep preserved of her mother's in "Pickling"?
(a) Her eyes.
(b) Her gums.
(c) Her ears.
(d) Her hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is practicing French in scene "A" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?

2. What does one of the characters call out to be taken off him in "Panel II: First Chorus" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?

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

4. In "B - Echo" of The America Play, the Foundling Father introduces a scene from what play?

5. Charles lived next door to whom in "Pickling"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is described about Miss Miss's mother in "Pickling"?

2. What figures and characters are introduced by the Foundling Father in The America Play, "Act One: Lincoln Act"?

3. What action takes place on stage as the Foundling Father gives his monologue in The America Play, "Act One: Lincoln Act"?

4. How does the term "pickling" apply to the play "Pickling"?

5. How does the objective of the Foundling Father relate to other protagonists in the collection?

6. What has happened to Black Man in "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," "Panel III: Thuh Lonesome 3Some"?

7. In scene "B" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love," how and what does Madame Odelia Pandahr describe?

8. What does the play on words of "Foundling Father" imply in The America Play?

9. With what song and memories does Miss Miss open the play "Pickling"?

10. What are Lucy and Brazil doing in The America Play, "A - Big Bang"? Where are they?

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