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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. What has Ill's son bought in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) A horse.
(b) A carriage.
(c) College enrollment.
(d) A car.
2. What does the Schoolmaster claim the town is "not" moved by in its actions in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) Greed.
(b) Motivation.
(c) Money.
(d) Justice.
3. The author claims that the events only take their decisive turn during the scene where?
(a) The Golden Apple.
(b) Petersen's Barn.
(c) Ill's store.
(d) Konrad's Wood.
4. How does the author say the characters speak in the final scene in the postscript?
(a) A relaxed fashion.
(b) With determination.
(c) A formal fashion.
(d) An abstract fashion.
5. What does Claire remark that she hates in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Museums.
(b) Televisions.
(c) Radios.
(d) Cemeteries.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Act 3, Scene 1 take place?
2. The author claims in the postscript that he has depicted people in the play and not what?
3. What does Mrs. Ill call the butcher in Act 3, Scene 2?
4. Where did Claire have the two eunuchs shipped to in Act 3, Scene 3?
5. The author in the postscript says the characters speak as befits what in the final scene?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who meets Claire in Act 3, Scene 1? Why?
2. How does Act 3, Scene 3 change the tone of the play and the reader's view of the main characters?
3. What does Durrenmatt say in reference to allegory or symbolism in the postscript?
4. What is absurd about the proposition made to Claire in Act 3, Scene 1?
5. What is the outcome of the vote in Act 3, Scene 4? How do the townspeople justify it?
6. In Act 3, Scene 2, how do the townspeople view Ill?
7. How has Ill's character undergone a drastic change in Act 3, Scene 2?
8. What does Claire respond to the offer in Act 3, Scene 1?
9. What does Claire reveal to her guests in Act 3, Scene 1 regarding Guellen?
10. Who begins to tell the truth to the press in Act 3, Scene 2? Who stops him?
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