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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. Ill used to call Claire "my little" what?
(a) Cougar.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Kitten.
(d) Wildcat.

2. 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.

3. What is Claire's last name?
(a) Zachanassian.
(b) Wascher.
(c) Heimlin.
(d) Bockmann.

4. Ill tells the townspeople he wrote to the Chief Constable where in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Versailles.
(b) Kaffigan.
(c) Bockmann.
(d) Kalberstadt.

5. Along with Louis Perch, who was the other witness who testified in court many years ago?
(a) Jacob Chicken.
(b) James Perchless.
(c) Jacob Poultry.
(d) Franz Turkey.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the mayor make a toast in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. Who does Ill go to talk to at City Hall in Act 2, Scene 2?

3. What does Ill accuse the townspeople of doing in Act 2, Scene 3?

4. In Act 2, Scene 3, what music is playing?

5. Who has acquired a washing machine in Act 2, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What strange questions does Claire ask upon her arrival in the town? What are the replies?

2. What are the townspeople awaiting in the beginning of the play? Why?

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

4. What other strange questions does Claire ask once at her hotel?

5. What does Ill say to Claire in his attempts to woo her in the Village Wood? How does she respond?

6. How does the mayor end his conversation with Ill in Act 2, Scene 2?

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

8. Why does Claire go to the Village Wood? What is revealed in her first visit there?

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

10. What does Ill believe has caused the change in the townspeople in Act 2, Scene 1?

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