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

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Visit: A Tragi-comedy Test | Final 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. In the postscript, the author writes that he has portrayed action and not what?

2. Whose performance in the choir does Claire remark upon in Act 3, Scene 1?

3. Where is tea being served to the ladies after the vote in Act 3, Scene 4?

4. What was Claire's father's occupation?

5. Why does the reporter ask the Mayor to redo the vote in Act 3, Scene 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Claire respond to the offer in Act 3, Scene 1?

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

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

6. What is revealed about the townspeople in the final scene of the play?

7. What takes place in the climax of the play? Where is this scene located?

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

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

10. What does Durrenmatt say in reference to allegory or symbolism in the postscript?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the overall irony of The Visit. What in the outcome of the play is ironic about the two main characters and their situations?

Essay Topic 3

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

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