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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 is Father Duaso in charge of?

2. How old is Leocadia's daughter Mariquita?

3. What is Leocadia's second lie to Goya?

4. Where is Leocadia in Goya's painting?

5. What does Dr. Arrieta suggest to help Leocadia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you make of the fact that while Goya is being tormented in his dream, the dream figures tell him that the King is embroidering flowers?

2. What are possible reasons that Leocadia no longer seems to Goya to be afraid?

3. What does Leocadia believe is the strongest proof of Goya's madness?

4. Why does Dr. Arrieta hesitate to frighten Goya?

5. What do the unnamed women's voices represent in Goya's mind?

6. What evidence does Goya have that Leocadia has been unfaithful to him?

7. How does Father Duaso feel about King Ferdinand's decision to force Goya to become submissive to the King?

8. What is the Green Book?

9. What does Dr. Arrieta say to assure Leocadia that Goya is not mad?

10. What evidence does Goya give that he recognizes that his family is in danger?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear is an overarching theme in this play. Select any two characters. Explain how fear motivated their actions, what they did in response to fear, and how the story might have been different if they had been unafraid.

Essay Topic 2

Goya says that the walls where he painted the Black Paintings "ooze fear." He says that he painted the things he feared. Select one of the paintings to explain what Goya might have feared when he painted it. Be sure to include the personal and or political situation that might have created the fear he expressed.

Essay Topic 3

Jews have more than once been held accountable for problems in countries where they reside. Russia, Germany, and other countries have persecuted the Jews inside their borders. What is the rationale that led to such persecution? Write an essay detailing your theory and supporting it with research.

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