The Sleep of Reason | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Part 1, Scene 1

1. What artifacts does King Ferdinand keep beside him?

2. What activity occupies King Ferdinand?

3. What weapon does Goya keep near him?

4. Why did King Ferdinand learn needlework?

5. Where did King Ferdinand learn needlework?

6. What does King Ferdinand think needlework would do for his subjects?

7. How many of Goya's "black paintings" are seen during this play?

8. In what city does Goya live?

9. In what year does the action of this play take place?

10. What happens to the dialogue enclosed between these << >> symbols?

11. What is unusual about the dialogue in quotation marks?

12. How has King Ferdinand dealt with...
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