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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 does Paulina drag out of the guest bedroom?

2. Where does Paulina find Roberto's keys?

3. What would be an accurate word to describe Paulina's past?

4. What happens as the dawn comes?

5. About what do Gerardo and Roberto joke?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Roberto finally say is his real purpose for stopping?

2. What does Paulina get when she comes on the stage in Scene 3?

3. How and when was Paulina arrested and what was she too afraid to do?

4. What does Paulina get when she goes back in the spare bedroom?

5. What does Paulina tell Gerardo about Roberto and what does he say?

6. With whom is Gerardo speaking and about what?

7. What does Roberto think of Gerardo acting nice and Paulina acting mean?

8. How does the play, DEATH AND THE MAIDEN, open?

9. Why does Gerardo plead with Roberto to confess?

10. What does Paulina tell Roberto about her and Gerardo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This is another powerful scene where no dialogue, or at least no meaningful dialogue, is spoken.

1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the play to support your answer.

2. Do you think that some emotions can be better portrayed with watching behavior rather than with words? Why or why not?

3. If you were to watch some students in your school without being able to hear their words, would you have a good idea of what they might be saying? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Paulina has said she wants Gerardo to defend the truth on the Investigating Commission.

1. What do you think she meant by this statement? Use examples from the play to support your answer.

2. Do you think Paulina believes Gerardo is too weak to insist on the truth if she isn't pushing him? Why or why not?

3. Do you think the truth should be more important to Gerardo than it is? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The tension immediately picks up when Paulina hears a car, looks out the window and grabs for a gun.

1. What does Paulina's actions in the beginning of the play tell the audience? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

2. What would you do in your home if you felt afraid?

3. Some say that fear produces aggression, such as Paulina with the gun. Do you think this is true? Why or why not?

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