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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 Claire congratulate Herder in getting?

2. What does Herder tell Jack he is here to show him?

3. Who does Tucker say is plotting against Jack?

4. What does Grace say Claire wants?

5. Who does Dr. Herder say can certify Jack as insane?

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence do the police find against Tucker?

2. How does Jack say he discovered he was God?

3. How do the characters dress for Jack and Grace's wedding?

4. How does Charles respond to Claire's death?

5. What is Herder's opinion on Jack and Grace's wedding?

6. How does the Earl kill himself?

7. What does the prologue establish?

8. What are Grace and Charles' opinions of Claire?

9. Why does Jack say he cannot get married again?

10. What do the Gurney family and the bishop discuss after the Earl's funeral?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What problems do Jack's generation face? How are the problems for Jack's generation different to the problems his father's generation face? Identify and discuss a significant problem facing your generation.

Essay Topic 2

Replace the play's setting with one of the following settings:

1. Mexico.

2. USA.

3. Spain.

What new meaning would the new setting give the book? How important is setting for developing meaning in a story?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the book's reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

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