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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the lives of the real Bishop, Judge, and General different from those that become them as part of a fantasy?
(a) They dirty the purity of their ideals by functioning in the real world.
(b) They are more real.
(c) They are not fantasies and much more important.
(d) They are easier.

2. What does she ask Carmen about the other girls?
(a) Which ones also like playing the role of saints.
(b) Which ones will be leaving.
(c) Which ones are double-crossers.
(d) Which ones earn the most money.

3. What do the panel of monitors and loudspeakers enable Irma to do?
(a) Speak to the guests in each room.
(b) Watch and hear everything that goes on in each of the rooms in the house.
(c) Watch for intruders outside the house.
(d) Speak to other whorehouses.

4. What does Carmen say it will not take the rebels long to discover?
(a) Her hideout.
(b) The joys of debauchery.
(c) The location of the Queen.
(d) Her hidden source of money.

5. What does Irma say happens in every revolution?
(a) An ex-prostitutes is held up as a symbol of freedom.
(b) The innocent die.
(c) The leader of the country dies.
(d) The rebels win.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of reputation does The Balcony have?

2. Why is it dangerous for people to be out in the streets?

3. To whom does the Bishop question about the how and why of his becoming a bishop?

4. Who is on his hands and knees in front of the Prisoner?

5. What does the Prisoner call the Executioner, as she pleads with him?

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