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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 unusual about the dialogue in quotation marks?

2. How has Goya offended Calomarde?

3. What advancement has Father Duaso recently received?

4. What does King Ferdinand think needlework would do for his subjects?

5. How old is Leocadia's son Guillermo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Goya explain to Dr. Arrieta that the black paintings on his walls represent?

2. What surprises Father Duaso about Dr. Arrieta's request for help for Goya?

3. How does Dr. Arrieta offend Father Duaso?

4. What convinces King Ferdinand of Father Duaso's friendship for Goya?

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

6. Which of the dream figures has the most power over Goya, and what do you make of that fact?

7. Why does Dr. Arrieta reject Father Duaso's plan to persuade Goya to beg the king's pardon?

8. In the last scene, Goya says, "This is how it happens. It always happens." What does he mean?

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

10. What does Gumersinda think of Leocadia?

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

At different points in the play, several characters say, "Is that the way you repay me?" Who says this, to whom, and in what situations? What does this tell you about the way the speaker views himself or herself? Their relationship to other characters? In your essay, analyze this question.

Essay Topic 3

Goya places great faith in the Bird-Men, people he believes to have conquered flight and to live in a more harmonious, advanced civilization. In an essay, explain what Goya wants them to do, who he thinks they are, and where he believes they come from. If they symbolize something, what is it? Support your ideas with quotations from Goya's speeches about them.

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