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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does King Ferdinand characterize Goya to Calomarde?
(a) Goya is a proud and stubborn man.
(b) Goya is an unskilled and arrogant man.
(c) Goya is a vain and foolish man.
(d) Goya is a secretive and untrustworthy man.

2. In what year does the action of this play take place?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1823.
(d) 1850.

3. What time is Father Duaso to attend King Ferdinand?
(a) Noon.
(b) Ten in the morning.
(c) Three in the afternoon.
(d) Five in the evening.

4. Why did King Ferdinand learn needlework?
(a) To impress his subjects.
(b) To calm his nerves.
(c) To sharpen his senses.
(d) To express his creativity.

5. What artifacts does King Ferdinand keep beside him?
(a) A sewing basket, a rod, and an apple.
(b) A pistol, a sewing basket, and an apple.
(c) A sceptre, a rod, and a sewing basket.
(d) A sewing basket, a spyglass, and a pistol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does King Ferdinand think needlework would do for his subjects?

2. What does King Ferdinand order Calomarde to do?

3. What happens to the dialogue enclosed between these << >> symbols?

4. What is unusual about the dialogue in quotation marks?

5. What sound frightens King Ferdinand?

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