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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ill say the people are hunting him like in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) A rabid dog.
(b) A panther.
(c) A wild animal.
(d) A criminal.

2. In Act 2, Scene 3, what music is playing?
(a) A funeral march.
(b) A classical dirge.
(c) A wedding march.
(d) A folk song.

3. Where was Claire in a plane crash?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Germany.
(c) Iran.
(d) America.

4. What was Claire's maiden name?
(a) Bockmann.
(b) Wascher.
(c) Zachanassian.
(d) Heimlin.

5. In addition to botany, what did Claire pass in school?
(a) Greek.
(b) Zoology.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Latin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Priest tell Ill is rising in Act 2, Scene 2?

2. In Act 2, Scene 3, who is playing music?

3. What does Ill accuse the townspeople of doing in Act 2, Scene 3?

4. Where did the millionairess found a hospital?

5. What do the townspeople do at the end of Act 2, Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the foreshadowing which takes place in Act 1, Scenes 1 and 2 in Claire's questioning.

2. How does the mayor end his conversation with Ill in Act 2, Scene 2?

3. What other strange questions does Claire ask once at her hotel?

4. How does Act 2, Scene 3 illustrate the theme of denial?

5. What are the townspeople awaiting in the beginning of the play? Why?

6. In Act 2, Scene 1, is the town already set to kill Ill? What is his principle concern?

7. Who, as a whole, are Claire's ex-husbands? How does she feel about them?

8. What is the priest's opinion of Ill's problems in Act 2?

9. What does Ill notice about the customer purchases in Act 2, Scene 1?

10. What does Ill realize in his conversation with the mayor in Act 2, Scene 2?

(see the answer keys)

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