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

2. What was Claire's maiden name?

3. Where does Ill tell the townspeople he is going first in Act 2, Scene 3?

4. Who composed a quartet in the town of The Visit?

5. What does the Priest tell Ill to do when he flings himself on him in Act 2, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who comes looking for money in Act 1, Scene 1? Who do the townspeople blame for their situation?

4. Who delivers exposition about the town in the opening scene of the play? What is revealed?

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

6. In the beginning of Act 2, what does Ill see from his window? What does he do?

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

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

9. Why does Claire go to the Village Wood? What is revealed in her first visit there?

10. Describe the anonymity of the town in which the play is based. How does this reflect the people of the town?

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

Discuss the symbolism of Claire's appearance. What hair color does she have? Is she attractive? How old is the character? What does this symbolism relate to thematically?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the play in the context of European history in the Post-WWII era. How did the war and its aftermath influence the author?

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