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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can Sigismund not see his father and mother, according to Julian?
(a) They are dead.
(b) He has no parents.
(c) They are far away.
(d) He was banished from his parents' sight.

2. How does the book the Monk reads describe the presence of the world?
(a) As a desert wasteland.
(b) As a green, luscious place.
(c) As a colorful rainbow.
(d) As a venemous fungus.

3. What does Julian say he has begun to have?
(a) No apetite.
(b) Many naps.
(c) Sleepless nights.
(d) A large apetite.

4. In the distance, what are heard?
(a) Voices chanting for the King.
(b) Several arguments.
(c) Voices singing in Latin.
(d) People screaming.

5. Specific parallels to _____ story appear throughout the play, making thematic points about the importance of integrity, faith and tensions between spiritual and earthly power.
(a) The Christ.
(b) The Czar.
(c) The Zeus.
(d) The Buddha.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sigismund says he feels so powerful that he can do what?

2. What is the setting of this scene?

3. Of what does Pancras remind Olivier?

4. Over what do Olivier, Pancras and Andrew argue?

5. The King talks at length about how his kingdom is falling apart and how he plans to attack who?

(see the answer key)

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