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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. Why does King Ferdinand refuse to start another Inquisition?

2. Where does Leocadia want to celebrate Christmas?

3. In what city does Goya live?

4. What kind of subjects does King Ferdinand hope for?

5. What is the Green Book?

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 choice does Mariquita's voice offer to Goya in Part 2, Scene 2?

3. Of what does Father Duaso accuse Leocadia without directly saying it?

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

5. What is the double meaning of Father Duaso's line, "Heat doesn't agree with me?"

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

7. How is Goya's situation with King Ferdinand impossible?

8. What is Dr. Arrieta's theory in Part 2, Scene 3 of King Ferdinand's plan for Goya?

9. Why do you think Father Duaso doesn't tell Dr. Arrieta that King Ferdinand has forbidden him to visit Goya until after 8:00?

10. Why does Leocadia take Goya's dementia personally?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe Buero-Vallejo's "immersion technique" for someone who has never heard of it. Explain the technical effects, both auditory and visual, giving examples. Include your own responses to the technique and your evaluation of its effectiveness as compelling theater.

Essay Topic 3

Goya experiences an epiphany at the end of the play, when he comes to believe that his own treatment of Leocadia is not unlike the king's treatment of Goya. In your essay, explore this idea. How are the two relationships similar? How are they different?

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