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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the notary do when Bartholo asks to see the contract?

2. Why does Bartholo lose his temper and grab the notary by the throat?

3. What does the Count jump in and explain to Bazile?

4. How does Bartholo know there is a plot afoot?

5. What does Bartholo finally realize about "Alonzo?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rosine stands at her window holing a paper.

Part 1) What is on this paper? What does she do with this paper?

Part 2) What is significant about papers, letters, and notes in commedia?

Part 3) how are letters and other papers used to add excitement, confusion, and humor in this play?

Essay Topic 2

The Count and Figaro know one another.

Part 1) How do they know one another?

Part 2) Why does Figaro offer his services to the Count?

Part 3) Why might the playwright have chosen a lowly barber and a prominent Count to be friends and cohorts?

Essay Topic 3

Figaro sarcastically remarks on Rosine's cleverness.

Part 1) What makes her clever?

Part 2) Why does Figaro make sarcastic remarks about Rosine?

Part 3) How might an audience respond to Figaro's various asides?

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