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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has Goya offended Calomarde?
(a) He disclosed Calomarde's secrets.
(b) He portrayed Calomarde as ugly and vicious.
(c) He refused to paint his portrait.
(d) He painted Calomarde's wives.

2. How long has Goya been deaf?
(a) Since he was thirty-one.
(b) All his life.
(c) Thirty-one years.
(d) Thirty days.

3. How has King Ferdinand dealt with liberal dissenters?
(a) Interminable court cases.
(b) Prolonged imprisonment.
(c) Reorientation therapies.
(d) Summary executions and banishments.

4. Why does Leocadia let Goya go out by himself?
(a) So she can speak to Dr. Arrieta alone.
(b) So she can clean the room.
(c) So she can examine his new painting.
(d) So she can have some peace and quiet.

5. What confidential order does King Ferdinand give Calomarde?
(a) Martin Zapater is to come to him tomorrow.
(b) The Royal Volunteers are to come to him tomorrow.
(c) Goya is to come to him tomorrow.
(d) Calomarde is to return to him tomorrow.

6. What does Dr. Arrieta suggest to help Leocadia?
(a) A long rest.
(b) A tonic.
(c) A change of scenery.
(d) A daily nap.

7. How does Gumersinda insult Leocadia?
(a) By mentioning her unkempt appearance.
(b) By referring to Goya as "your master."
(c) By refusing to invite her home.
(d) By refusing to take the tea she offers.

8. Why does Dr. Arrieta want to protect Goya from information about King Ferdinand's decrees?
(a) He is afraid that Goya will attack the king.
(b) He is worried that Goya will do something violent.
(c) He is worried that fear may jeopardize his health.
(d) He is afraid that Goya won't believe him.

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

10. What is a Comunero?
(a) A farmer.
(b) A Communist.
(c) A member of a liberal secret society.
(d) A courtier.

11. What does Goya accuse Leocadia of doing at the bridge?
(a) Flirting with a soldier.
(b) Eavesdropping.
(c) Fighting with Gumersinda.
(d) Conspiring with the King's volunteers.

12. Hearing his shouts, what does Leocadia suggest must have happened to Goya?
(a) A dog must have bitten him.
(b) A bat must have frightened him.
(c) A cat must have scratched him.
(d) A scorpion must have bitten him.

13. What does King Ferdinand think needlework would do for his subjects?
(a) Make them more creative.
(b) Make them more disciplined.
(c) Make them more docile.
(d) Make them more interesting.

14. What sound does it seem to Goya that Gumersinda makes when she talks?
(a) A cat's meow.
(b) A bat's screech.
(c) A donkey's bray.
(d) A hen's cackling.

15. Where does Gumersinda want to celebrate Christmas?
(a) At Goya's house.
(b) At the Costa del Sol.
(c) At Gumersinda's house.
(d) In France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leocadia call Goya?

2. How does King Ferdinand respond to the frightening sound?

3. In what city does Goya live?

4. How long has Leocadia been with Goya?

5. What sound frightens King Ferdinand?

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