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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 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.

2. What does Claire remark that she hates in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Radios.
(b) Cemeteries.
(c) Museums.
(d) Televisions.

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

4. What has Ill's son bought in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) A horse.
(b) A car.
(c) College enrollment.
(d) A carriage.

5. What does Claire say you have husbands for in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Useful agendas.
(b) Display purposes.
(c) Money.
(d) Fur coats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who speaks up with questions when Ill takes the stage at the town meeting in Act 3, Scene 4?

2. What did the choir perform in Act 3, Scene 1?

3. What was Claire's father's name in the play?

4. What does Claire invite her visitors to sit upon in Act 3, Scene 1?

5. Why does the reporter ask the Mayor to redo the vote in Act 3, Scene 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the vote held twice in the final scene? Why do the reporters leave?

2. In Act 3, Scene 2, how do the townspeople view Ill?

3. What does Ill ask Claire about in Act 3, Scene 3? What is her reply?

4. Who meets Claire in Act 3, Scene 1? Why?

5. What takes place in the climax of the play? Where is this scene located?

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

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

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

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

10. How is Claire's love of power revealed in Act 3, Scene 1?

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