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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 does the audience learn about Leocadia's husband from Gumersinda's remarks?
2. Where did King Ferdinand learn needlework?
3. What does King Ferdinand order Calomarde to do?
4. Where are Goya's children?
5. How does Goya react to the sounds he imagines Gumersinda and Leocadia making when they speak?
Short Essay Questions
1. When King Ferdinand questions Father Duaso's characterization of Goya as "tranquil," Father Duaso goes farther and says that Goya appears "undaunted." Realizing that this description may be an error, how does Father Duaso retreat from what he has said?
2. Why does Dr. Arrieta reject Father Duaso's plan to persuade Goya to beg the king's pardon?
3. What evidence does Leocadia offer Dr. Arrieta to show that Goya has lost his mind?
4. What is the double meaning of Father Duaso's line, "Heat doesn't agree with me?"
5. Why do you think Father Duaso doesn't tell Dr. Arrieta that King Ferdinand has forbidden him to visit Goya until after 8:00?
6. What is the Green Book?
7. Why does Goya say he would have to disobey King Ferdinand to pay homage to him?
8. What choice does Goya make between engaging with Leocadia and auto-erotic activity? How do you know?
9. What do the unnamed women's voices represent in Goya's mind?
10. Why does Goya hesitate to open Martin Zapater's letter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who are the Masons? What about their teachings has caused them to be targeted for persecution? Learn what you can about this group and write an explanatory essay.
Essay Topic 2
At the end of the play, Goya arrives at more than one startling conclusion about himself and his fellow man. Write an essay explaining what those conclusions are, and what prompted Goya to realize them.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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