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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. Who is on his hands and knees in front of the Prisoner?

2. What will happen to the rebellion, according to Irma?

3. What does the Chief demand from Irma?

4. What does the Chief say he will do when the rebellion is over?

5. Who comes in with the General's clothing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the characters' reactions after they leave the balcony?

2. What do Irma and the Chief of Police know about the rebellion?

3. Who appears on the balcony?

4. What does Georgette do for the men after she bandages their wounds?

5. What is done to Chantal afterward?

6. What is Carmen's role in the whorehouse?

7. What is the only thing Chantal wants to do?

8. How does the Bishop lose control?

9. What do the Envoy, Irma, Carmen, and the Chief say regarding the Queen?

10. What does the Chief say about his and the others' power?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The clients of the whorehouse are known as visitors.

Part 1) Why might be the reason for them being called visitors? Who are the clients the reader meets?

Part 2) Why might the author have created the characters the way he did?

Part 3) What are their fantasies? Why do they have these fantasies?

Essay Topic 2

The whorehouse's visitors who pretend to be the Bishop, the Judge, and the General play those roles in real life.

Part 1) How do they get this opportunity? How do they feel about playing these roles in public?

Part 2) How does this opportunity change them? Could they effectively continue to play these roles? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this change affect their fates? What relevance does this have in real life?

Essay Topic 3

There is one central theme of the play.

Part 1) What is this theme? How is this theme first realized in the play?

Part 2) What are two events later in the play that reinforce this theme? How are the characters in the play affected by this theme?

Part 3) Do you believe this theme to be true in real life? Why or why not?

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