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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. That author claims in the postscript that "nothing could harm this comedy with a tragic end more than ______."
(a) Heavy seriousness.
(b) Stylization.
(c) Postmodernism.
(d) The avant-garde.

2. Who does Claire say will be following after the eunuchs soon in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) The butler.
(b) Herself.
(c) The musician.
(d) Ill.

3. What does the author write gives rise to speech in the postscript?
(a) Ideas and feelings.
(b) Good diction.
(c) Thought and action.
(d) Mannerisms.

4. What was Claire's father's name in the play?
(a) Godfrey Wascher.
(b) Hildegen Wascher.
(c) Godfrey Zisselman.
(d) Godfrey Heinman.

5. Who does Ill tell the Priest to pray for in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) His family.
(b) Guellen.
(c) Claire.
(d) Himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Claire say her ninth husband reminds her of in Act 3, Scene 3?

2. Who does the Schoolmaster compare Claire to in Act 3?

3. What does Claire call her ninth husband?

4. What do the reporters want a photograph of Ill selling?

5. What is the principle concern that Claire's visitors come to speak to her about in Act 3, Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who begins to tell the truth to the press in Act 3, Scene 2? Who stops him?

2. Who meets Claire in Act 3, Scene 1? Why?

3. What does the author suggest the play resembles in the postscript?

4. How did the child of Ill and Claire die?

5. What are Claire's final words to Ill in Act 3, Scene 3?

6. What is expressed in the final song of the play?

7. How is Claire's love of power revealed in Act 3, Scene 1?

8. In Act 3, Scene 2, how do the townspeople view Ill?

9. What are Ill's final requests before dying?

10. What plea do the visitors make to Claire in Act 3, Scene 1?

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