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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Claire give to the train master?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 6,000.
(c) 4,000.
(d) 10,000.

2. Who in the town owns a car, according to the Mayor in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Ill.
(b) The priest.
(c) Himself.
(d) The doctor.

3. Where had Louis Perch emigrated to?
(a) Australia.
(b) France.
(c) India.
(d) America.

4. What do the townspeople tell Ill in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) To marry Claire.
(b) To divorce his wife.
(c) To have an enjoyable trip.
(d) To stay or be killed.

5. What/who is shot in front of Ill's shop in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) The panther.
(b) Claire.
(c) The lion.
(d) Ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the name of the town from The Visit mean in German?

2. Who does the Priest ask to button his soutane?

3. What is Ill's wife's name?

4. To whom was the town museum sold in the play?

5. Where does Ill tell the townspeople he is going to emigrate to in Act 2, Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ill come to notice about the appearance of his customers in Act 2, Scene 1? What is their reply?

2. Describe the foreshadowing which takes place in Act 1, Scenes 1 and 2 in Claire's questioning.

3. Where is the second place Ill goes in Act 2, Scene 2? What does he meet there?

4. What about Claire's body is symbolic of her character?

5. What questions and answers take place between Ill and the townspeople in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3?

6. How does Act 2, Scene 3 illustrate the theme of denial?

7. How does the theme of denial progress in the townspeople through Act 2?

8. What is the priest's opinion of Ill's problems in Act 2?

9. Where is Ill going in Act 2, Scene 3? Who does he meet there?

10. In Act 2, Scene 1, is the town already set to kill Ill? What is his principle concern?

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