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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. The Lesser Known's new profession had little success until he began to offer people the opportunity to do what?
2. What is ripped in two in the song by Miss Miss in "Pickling"?
3. What does George bring out for Lily's inspection in scene "A" of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
4. The implied occupation of the Lesser Known in the beginning of The America Play was what?
5. The chorus in the "Overture" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World" suggest who should listen to the story of what happened, write it down and preserve it?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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"?
2. What figures and characters are introduced by the Foundling Father in The America Play, "Act One: Lincoln Act"?
3. How does Parks intertwine linear narrative and metaphor in The America Play?
4. How does the term "pickling" apply to the play "Pickling"?
5. What is Lucy's response when Brazil asks whether she hears his father in The America Play, "C - Archaeology"? What is his reply?
6. How did the Lesser Known gain success in his impersonations, according to the Foundling Father in The America Play, "Act One: Lincoln Act"?
7. Discuss the use of archetypes in "Devotees in the Garden of Love." How does this affect the characters' actions?
8. What conversation do Lucy and Brazil share of the Lesser Known in The America Play, "E - Spadework"?
9. What are Lily and George doing in the opening of "Devotees in the Garden of Love"?
10. What is suggested about Miss Miss's mother (and African Americans in the past) by her descriptions in "Pickling"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the dramatic structure of the Classical Greek theatre and historical references in "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World." Where and when did the traveling electric chair originate?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and analyze the principle characters in "Snails." What are the objectives and characteristics of each character?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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