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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 did Goya think the flying men were when he first saw them?

2. Why does Dr. Arrieta want to protect Goya from information about King Ferdinand's decrees?

3. What is the Green Book?

4. Why does Leocadia think Goya is demented?

5. In Part 1, Scene 1, why are King Ferdinand's appointments for tomorrow far apart?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are King Ferdinand and Goya alike?

2. Why does Goya call the horrifying scene of the Royal Volunteers attacking his home a "comedy?"

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

4. What does Dr. Arrieta infer from Father Duaso's statement that they cannot visit Goya until after 8:00?

5. What does Leocadia hope Dr. Arrieta will be able to give Goya?

6. Why does Goya hesitate to open Martin Zapater's letter?

7. What does Goya mean when he says, "For thirty years I've been witnessing a play I don't understand"?

8. How does King Ferdinand evaluate Goya?

9. What did Goya see Leocadia doing behind his back?

10. How has Goya offended Calomarde?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Transformation is an important theme. Does anyone in this play change during the course of the action on stage? If so, who changes, and how?

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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