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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 kind of mission is Arthur about to go on?

2. What does Irma notice about one of her prostitutes on the monitor?

3. What happens when Irma leaves the Bishop?

4. What is the reason Irma gives for having Arthur around?

5. What does Irma call Carmen when she says her daughter is more real?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the visitor?

2. What is done to Chantal afterward?

3. How do Carmen and the prostitutes feel about their work?

4. Who announces the Queen? What does he say?

5. How does Irma monitor the activities in the house?

6. What takes place in the cafe?

7. What happens to Chantal?

8. What does Carmen think of his ideas?

9. How do the others react to Roger's castration?

10. What does the Bishop do when he sees his reflection in the mirror?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Irma is left alone on stage at the end of the play.

Part 1) To where have all the other characters gone? Why have they left?

Part 2) How is Irma different from the officials at the end of the play?

Part 3) Why has the the author changed Irma in a way that is different from the other characters?

Part 4) What is the meaning of the end of the play? Why is Irma left alone? Why is her monologue the way it is?

Essay Topic 2

Irma mentions two times that a prostitute is growing too close to a visitor.

Part 1) Why is this a problem?

Part 2) Of whom does this remind Irma? Why is she reminded of this person?

Part 3) How does this reveal more about Irma's character and feelings about being a prostitute, as well as her feelings towards the person of whom she is reminded?

Essay Topic 3

There is one central theme of the play.

Part 1) What is this theme? How is this theme first realized in the play?

Part 2) What are two events later in the play that reinforce this theme? How are the characters in the play affected by this theme?

Part 3) Do you believe this theme to be true in real life? Why or why not?

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