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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 the Count say he's going to get out in order to break the door open?

2. What does Figaro playfully tease Marceline about?

3. Who is Antonio related to?

4. How does Cherubin act when he runs out of the dressing room?

5. What is the setting of Act 2, Part 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Figaro tell the Count after the Count insists he pay his debt that day?

2. What does the Count reveal in his aside?

3. What does the judge decide regarding the case?

4. According to Figaro, how are events supposed to unfold in the garden?

5. What do Brid-Oisin and Figaro discuss together?

6. What happens as Figaro and Suzanne are formally presented?

7. What does the Countess say to the Count at the end of the play after he's been humiliated?

8. What happens to Cherubin after the Count angrily jumps out from behind the chair?

9. What do Marceline and Bartholo plot to do?

10. How does Marceline explain her previous affections for Figaro?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the crisis of the play? Describe the key actions that take place. Describe the characters that are involved. Include 3 textual references to support your findings.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the roles of Suzanne and Marceline in their individual relationships with Figaro. What are similar characteristics that they share? What are their opposing characteristics? How do the specific character traits of Suzanne and Marceline affect their relationship with Figaro?

Essay Topic 3

Explain how THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO is a product of its historic time economically, socially, and politically. How does the play reflect the culture in which it was written?

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