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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 the Green Book?

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

3. Who is Juan Pablo Bonet?

4. Why does King Ferdinand refuse to start another Inquisition?

5. What advancement has Father Duaso recently received?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are King Ferdinand and Goya alike?

3. What evidence is there in Part 1, Scene 1 that King Ferdinand sees through Calomarde's flattery and does not trust him?

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

5. What evidence does Leocadia offer Dr. Arrieta to show that Goya has lost his mind?

6. To what animals does Goya compare Leocadia and Gumersinda during their conversation?

7. How does King Ferdinand know that Goya opposes him?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

A great work of literature needs to have elements of universality. If you are not a great painter who has lost his hearing or his political security, you are not like Goya in those ways. And yet Dr. Arrieta tells Goya that we are all deaf and deserving of pity. In your essay, explain what you think Dr. Arrieta meant, tell whether you agree with him, and explain why or why not.

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