The Visit: A Tragi-comedy Test | Final Test - Medium

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The Visit: A Tragi-comedy Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 was Claire's father's name in the play?
(a) Godfrey Zisselman.
(b) Hildegen Wascher.
(c) Godfrey Heinman.
(d) Godfrey Wascher.

2. Where is tea being served to the ladies after the vote in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) The City Park.
(b) Petermen's Barn.
(c) The Golden Apple.
(d) Ill's shop.

3. What kind of car does Hoby have?
(a) A Mercedes.
(b) A Porsche.
(c) A BMW.
(d) A Cadillac.

4. What does the Schoolmaster claim the town is moved by in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Greed.
(c) Justice.
(d) Money.

5. The author states that producers and directors of the play will likely come nearest the mark of its intention if they approach it in the style of what?
(a) Folk-plays.
(b) Classical Shakespeare.
(c) Brechtian performance.
(d) Greek tragedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Claire recall that Ill used to buy cigarettes from in their youth?

2. In Act 3, Scene 4, the Schoolmaster says, "For what would be the sense of wealth, which created not a wealth of ____?"

3. Who speaks up with questions when Ill takes the stage at the town meeting in Act 3, Scene 4?

4. Where did Claire have the two eunuchs shipped to in Act 3, Scene 3?

5. The author in the postscript says the characters speak as befits what in the final scene?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Durrenmatt say regarding the setting of the play?

4. How does Act 3, Scene 3 change the tone of the play and the reader's view of the main characters?

5. What does Claire reveal to her guests in Act 3, Scene 1 regarding Guellen?

6. What is the outcome of the vote in Act 3, Scene 4? How do the townspeople justify it?

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

8. What does Ill ask Claire about in Act 3, Scene 3? What is her reply?

9. Who has arrived in the town in Act 3, Scene 2? What is the townspeople's concern about this?

10. What is absurd about the proposition made to Claire in Act 3, Scene 1?

(see the answer keys)

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