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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Father Duaso's first excuse for Goya's refusal to come to the palace?
(a) Goya believes himself to be in decline.
(b) Goya believes Vicente Lopez is a better painter.
(c) Goya is afraid he can't paint to King Ferdinand's taste.
(d) Goya is losing his sight.

2. What question does Father Duaso ask Dr. Arrieta as they leave to visit Goya?
(a) Is Goya very ill?
(b) Are those paintings any good?
(c) Does Goya know we are coming?
(d) Does King Ferdinand know we are going?

3. Why does Dr. Arrieta think King Ferdinand will not execute Goya?
(a) Goya's execution would be expensive and time-consuming.
(b) Goya's execution would be a miscarriage of justice.
(c) Goya's execution would distract from important issues.
(d) Goya's execution would cause a scandal.

4. When did King Ferdinand issue the order to Goya regarding his court appearances?
(a) 1812.
(b) 1816.
(c) 1814.
(d) 1820.

5. What does the voice of Mariquita first tell Goya has happened?
(a) Leocadia has left the house.
(b) Mariquita has left the house.
(c) Gumersinda has left the house.
(d) The servants have left the house.

6. Where do Goya and Father Duaso both come from?
(a) Aragon.
(b) Leon.
(c) Cordoba.
(d) Seville.

7. What punishment had King Ferdinand suggested for Goya when he issued the decree?
(a) He should be shot.
(b) He should be imprisoned.
(c) He should be exiled.
(d) He should be hanged.

8. Why does Dr. Arrieta say that saving Goya might destroy him?
(a) Goya is on the line between France and Spain.
(b) Goya is on the line between terror and insanity.
(c) Goya is on the line between truth and falsehood.
(d) Goya is on the line between loyalty and anarchy.

9. At the end of Part 2, Scene 3, what does Dr. Arrieta quote Goya as saying?
(a) "The King is a blockhead."
(b) "The King will never bother me."
(c) "The sleep of reason produces monsters."
(d) "Spain is being destroyed."

10. What else does Goya accuse Leocadia of doing?
(a) Conspiring with the liberals.
(b) Hiding their children.
(c) Selling her body to keep their house safe.
(d) Delivering messages from King Ferdinand.

11. How does Father Duaso describe Goya's paintings on the walls of his house?
(a) Frightening and shocking.
(b) Creative and unusual.
(c) Ugly and artless.
(d) Majestic and inspiring.

12. In Part 2, how does King Ferdinand say Goya should feel?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Irritated.
(c) Confused.
(d) Unafraid.

13. What do the unnamed women's voices suggest that Goya do?
(a) Look for the memory of women.
(b) Look for Mariquita.
(c) Look for the button.
(d) Look for Leocadia.

14. Why is Dr. Arrieta afraid in Part 2, Scene 12?
(a) Dr. Arrieta is concerned about the future of Spain.
(b) Dr. Arrieta has been placed under arrest.
(c) Someone has painted a cross on Dr. Arrieta's door.
(d) Dr. Arrieta is worried for Goya's welfare.

15. What does King Ferdinand claim Goya has opposed?
(a) King Ferdinand's decree against liberals.
(b) King Ferdinand's absolute rights.
(c) King Ferdinand's taste in art.
(d) King Ferdinand's decree against Masons.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Leocadia changed since the servants left?

2. in Part 2, Scene 2, what does Goya accuse Leocadia of doing?

3. What does Goya say is causing him to hear voices?

4. What does Dr. Arrieta suggest that Goya's peaceful state of mind implies?

5. What does King Ferdinand insist Goya must do without any reassurance that the king has rescinded his decree?

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