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The Maids

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Part One: From beginning until alarm clock rings

Part Two: From after the alarm clock rings until the telephone rings

Part Three: From Monsieur's telephone call until the doorbell rings

Part Four: From after the doorbell rings until Madame leaves

Part Five: From after Madame leaves until the maids go to the kitchen

Part Six: From after the maids leave into the kitchen until the end

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The Maids

Jean Genet

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What color dress does Madame give Claire?

(A) Black

(B) Red

(C) White

(D) See-through

How do the maids attempt to kill Madame?

(A) Stabbing her

(B) Choking her

(C) Poisoning her

(D) Frightening her

Who is the older sister?

(A) Solange

(B) Claire

(C) Madame

(D) Monsieur

Where do the maids live?

(A) Madame's bedroom

(B) The balcony

(C) The street

(D) The garret

What was Jean Genet's sexual orientation?

(A) Bisexual

(B) Homosexual

(C) Heterosexual

(D) Asexual

Who does Claire want Solange to be impregnated by?

(A) Monsieur

(B) Mario

(C) Madame

(D) Artificial insemination

Who sent the letter that denounced Monsieur?

(A) Solange

(B) Madame

(C) Claire

(D) A prostitute

What location does Madame fantasize about fleeing with Monsieur to that Claire also wrote about?

(A) Monte Carlo

(B) Nice

(C) Greece

(D) Devil's Island

With what object does Solange strike Claire?

(A) Her shoe

(B) A riding whip

(C) The alarm clock

(D) The telephone

What does Madame give Solange?

(A) Her furs

(B) Her red dress

(C) A bonus

(D) A kick in the pants

Whom does Claire generally play in her role-plays with Solange?

(A) Solange

(B) Madame

(C) Monsieur

(D) Herself

What French writer bolstered Genet's career with his book Saint Genet: Actor and Martyr?

(A) Jean Cocteau

(B) Samuel Beckett

(C) Jean-Paul Sartre

(D) Albert Camus

What does "sol" mean in French?

(A) Clear

(B) Dirt

(C) Soul

(D) Sun

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