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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Queen respond when the Envoy says she is just a figurehead?

2. About what does the Judge worry?

3. What does the Envoy hint to Irma?

4. What does the Envoy do with ribbons?

5. Why will the Chief and Irma be prevented from being themselves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The clients of the whorehouse are known as visitors.

Part 1) Why might be the reason for them being called visitors? Who are the clients the reader meets?

Part 2) Why might the author have created the characters the way he did?

Part 3) What are their fantasies? Why do they have these fantasies?

Essay Topic 2

The title of the play is significant.

Part 1) What has the same name in the play? What is the significance of both of these locations?

Part 2) What is a theme of the play? How does "The Balcony" reiterate the theme?

Part 3) If this play were updated, what would be the new title of the play? Why would this be the title?

Essay Topic 3

The whorehouse's visitors who pretend to be the Bishop, the Judge, and the General play those roles in real life.

Part 1) How do they get this opportunity? How do they feel about playing these roles in public?

Part 2) How does this opportunity change them? Could they effectively continue to play these roles? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this change affect their fates? What relevance does this have in real life?

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