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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who else heard the noise that frightens King Ferdinand?
(a) Calomarde.
(b) Nobody.
(c) The guards in the courtyard.
(d) The guards stationed at the door.

2. Where did King Ferdinand learn needlework?
(a) In exile.
(b) At his aunt's country estate.
(c) At his mother's knee.
(d) In the winter castle.

3. What is the only subject Dr. Arrieta is willing to discuss with Father Duaso?
(a) The health of spirits.
(b) The health of bodies.
(c) The health of hearts.
(d) The health of minds.

4. What is Leocadia's second lie to Goya?
(a) Mariquita is asleep.
(b) Mariquita is visiting relatives.
(c) Mariquita is in the other room.
(d) Mariquita has gone for a walk.

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

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

7. How old is Leocadia's daughter Mariquita?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Nine.

8. What happens to the dialogue enclosed between these << >> symbols?
(a) It is shouted.
(b) It is directed at the audience.
(c) It is spoken but unheard.
(d) It is not spoken.

9. Who is Martin Zapater?
(a) Goya's brother-in-law.
(b) Goya's neighbor.
(c) Goya's childhood friend.
(d) Goya's critic.

10. What does Gumersinda say a wife would do for Goya?
(a) Cheer him up.
(b) Invigorate him.
(c) Make him a cuckold.
(d) Provide him with children.

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

12. How does Goya resolve the controversy between Gumersinda and Leocadia about where to celebrate Christmas?
(a) Goya says he will celebrate Christmas in France.
(b) Goya says he will celebrate at Gumersinda's home.
(c) Goya says he will not celebrate away from his own home.
(d) Goya says he will not celebrate Christmas this year.

13. 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 hen's cackling.
(d) A donkey's bray.

14. What advancement has Father Duaso recently received?
(a) He's been made archbishop.
(b) He's been made a cardinal.
(c) He's been made chaplain to King Ferdinand.
(d) He's been made abbott.

15. What sound annoys Goya as he tries to paint?
(a) Dogs barking.
(b) Bats shrieking.
(c) Cats meowing.
(d) People screaming.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Leocadia call Goya insane?

2. Where is Leocadia in Goya's painting?

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

4. How long has Leocadia been with Goya?

5. What was the effect of the Constitution of 1812?

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