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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. The author in the postscript says the characters speak as befits what in the final scene?
(a) The absurd.
(b) The rich.
(c) The ancient.
(d) The guilty.

2. Whose performance in the choir does Claire remark upon in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) The Mayor's.
(b) The Schoolmaster's.
(c) The Doctor's.
(d) The Policeman's.

3. What does Ill's family leave him to go do in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Go to church.
(b) Go visit relatives.
(c) See a movie.
(d) Go for a drive in the country.

4. The Schoolmaster says in his speech to the townspeople in Act 3, Scene 4, "Have we not always been a ____ community?"
(a) Just.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Honest.
(d) Grateful.

5. What does the Schoolmaster claim the town is "not" moved by in its actions in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) Motivation.
(b) Money.
(c) Greed.
(d) Justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Ill's daughter in the play?

2. Who enters to speak to Claire in Act 3, Scene 1?

3. What does the author write gives rise to speech in the postscript?

4. The author states in the postscript that the townspeople must emphatically not be portrayed as what?

5. Where did Claire have the two eunuchs shipped to in Act 3, Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Act 3, Scene 3 change the tone of the play and the reader's view of the main characters?

2. How has Ill's character undergone a drastic change in Act 3, Scene 2?

3. How did the child of Ill and Claire die?

4. What is absurd about the proposition made to Claire in Act 3, Scene 1?

5. What does Durrenmatt say regarding the setting of the play?

6. What is the outcome of the vote in Act 3, Scene 4? How do the townspeople justify it?

7. Where does Ill meet Claire in Act 3, Scene 3? Who is she with?

8. Who begins to tell the truth to the press in Act 3, Scene 2? Who stops him?

9. What does Durrenmatt mean regarding "not imposing excessive meaning" in the postscript?

10. What does Claire reveal to her guests in Act 3, Scene 1 regarding Guellen?

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