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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. What is King Ferdinand's opinion of Goya after reading the letter?

2. What sound annoys Goya as he tries to paint?

3. What activity occupies King Ferdinand?

4. What imaginary creatures does Goya paint and believe to be real?

5. How does Goya resolve the controversy between Gumersinda and Leocadia about where to celebrate Christmas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leocadia believe is the strongest proof of Goya's madness?

2. Does Goya know that the meowing he hears is an auditory hallucination?

3. What is the theme of Goya's nightmare trial?

4. What advice does King Ferdinand give Father Duaso in dealing with Goya?

5. How does King Ferdinand evaluate Goya?

6. Why do you think Father Duaso doesn't tell Dr. Arrieta that King Ferdinand has forbidden him to visit Goya until after 8:00?

7. In the last scene, Goya says, "This is how it happens. It always happens." What does he mean?

8. How does Dr. Arrieta offend Father Duaso?

9. Why does Goya call the horrifying scene of the Royal Volunteers attacking his home a "comedy?"

10. Father Duaso uses a word to describe Goya that seems entirely out of character with the Goya depicted in this play when he tells King Ferdinand that Goya seems "inoffensive" and "tranquil." What possible motive might Father Duaso have for such a description?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Buero-Vallejo's "immersion technique" for someone who has never heard of it. Explain the technical effects, both auditory and visual, giving examples. Include your own responses to the technique and your evaluation of its effectiveness as compelling theater.

Essay Topic 2

Goya places great faith in the Bird-Men, people he believes to have conquered flight and to live in a more harmonious, advanced civilization. In an essay, explain what Goya wants them to do, who he thinks they are, and where he believes they come from. If they symbolize something, what is it? Support your ideas with quotations from Goya's speeches about them.

Essay Topic 3

In a brief essay, rewrite the entire story of the play as it would be told by Gumersinda. How would she feel about Leocadia? Goya? King Ferdinand? What would look to her to be the causes of the conflict? How different is the story when looked at from her point of view?

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