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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dr. Arrieta speak frankly to Father Duaso?

2. What news does Dr. Arrieta give Father Duaso in Part 2, Scene 3?

3. Why does Goya think Leocadia is no longer afraid?

4. in Part 2, Scene 1, what does Father Duaso offer to do for King Ferdinand?

5. What does Dr. Arrieta say would satisfy King Ferdinand's desire for revenge on Goya?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Transformation is an important theme. Does anyone in this play change during the course of the action on stage? If so, who changes, and how?

Essay Topic 3

Goya says that the walls where he painted the Black Paintings "ooze fear." He says that he painted the things he feared. Select one of the paintings to explain what Goya might have feared when he painted it. Be sure to include the personal and or political situation that might have created the fear he expressed.

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