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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How are Charles' arms described in "Pickling"?
2. In scene "B" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love," Madame Odelia Pandahr states that the one word to describe the reason for the battle is what?
3. What can be seen as a metaphoric representation of the essentially empty, idealized image of Lincoln inhabited and clung to by the Foundling Father and shot by the would-be assassins in The American Play?
4. What sound concludes "Act One: Lincoln Act" of The America Play?
5. What does Miss Miss recall her mother doing with her hair in "Pickling"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the play on words of "Foundling Father" imply in The America Play?
2. With what song and memories does Miss Miss open the play "Pickling"?
3. How does the term "pickling" apply to the play "Pickling"?
4. What action takes place on stage as the Foundling Father gives his monologue in The America Play, "Act One: Lincoln Act"?
5. What has happened to Black Man in "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World," "Panel III: Thuh Lonesome 3Some"?
6. What structural format does "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World" follow?
7. What allusion is implied in the arrival of the winner's head, presented to George on a platter in "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
8. What are Lucy and Brazil doing in The America Play, "A - Big Bang"? Where are they?
9. What symbols of violence are central in "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?
10. What figures and characters are introduced by the Foundling Father in The America Play, "Act One: Lincoln Act"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the symbolic elements of The America Play and their relationship to one another. How does Abraham Lincoln correlate to the Great Hole of History? Why does the author choose to use this imagery?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and analyze the principle characters in "Snails." What are the objectives and characteristics of each character?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the characters of Mr. and Mrs. Sergeant Smith in "Greeks (or the Slugs)." What is the overall objective of each character? What actions are taken in the first two scenes?
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