The Visit: A Tragi-comedy Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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The Visit: A Tragi-comedy Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ill do at the end of in Act 2, Scene 3?

2. What does the Priest say he is about to perform in Act 2, Scene 2?

3. Who do the townspeople say invented gunpowder in the town?

4. What is Ill carrying in Act 2, Scene 3?

5. Ill tells the townspeople he wrote to the Chief Constable where in Act 2, Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What about Claire's body is symbolic of her character?

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

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

5. What questions and answers take place between Ill and the townspeople in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3?

6. Where is the second place Ill goes in Act 2, Scene 2? What does he meet there?

7. Where does Ill go in Act 2, Scene 2? What is alarming to him there?

8. What is the reaction to Ill's points in Act 2, Scene 3? How do they blockade him?

9. What strange questions does Claire ask upon her arrival in the town? What are the replies?

10. What does Ill point out to prove his point in Act 2, Scene 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What opinion of religion does the author express in the play? How is this thematically and symbolically represented?

Essay Topic 2

Examine and analyze the character of Ill. How does this character come to embody a tragic hero? What transition does he make in the course of the play?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the terms "action" and "objective" in relation to the character of Claire. Describe some of the actions this character takes and the motivating forces behind them.

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