Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Claire say the world turned her into in Act 3?
(a) A whore.
(b) A madame.
(c) A witch.
(d) A millionaire.
2. The author in the postscript says that under the circumstances of the play he is not sure of what?
(a) He'd have committed suicide.
(b) He wouldn't have left.
(c) He would have stayed.
(d) He would have acted differently.
3. What does Claire say her marriage to Hoby was?
(a) Her second-shortest.
(b) Her second-longest.
(c) Her shortest.
(d) Her longest.
4. The author claims that the events only take their decisive turn during the scene where?
(a) The Golden Apple.
(b) Konrad's Wood.
(c) Petersen's Barn.
(d) Ill's store.
5. Where does Act 3, Scene 1 take place?
(a) The Hospital.
(b) The Church.
(c) Konrad's Village Wood.
(d) Petersen's Barn.
Short Answer Questions
1. The Schoolmaster says in his speech to the townspeople in Act 3, Scene 4, "Have we not always been a ____ community?"
2. What does Ill cry out after the vote in Act 3, Scene 4?
3. What is Claire's ninth husband?
4. In the postscript, the author writes that "just as any creature is sealed off inside its skin, so the play is sealed off inside ____."
5. What was the name of the child which Claire bore?
Short Essay Questions
1. What plea do the visitors make to Claire in Act 3, Scene 1?
2. What does Claire respond to the offer in Act 3, Scene 1?
3. Who begins to tell the truth to the press in Act 3, Scene 2? Who stops him?
4. What does the author suggest the play resembles in the postscript?
5. How did the child of Ill and Claire die?
6. How does Act 3, Scene 3 change the tone of the play and the reader's view of the main characters?
7. What is the author's point in writing the postscript?
8. What does Durrenmatt say in reference to allegory or symbolism in the postscript?
9. What does the mayor tell Ill in Act 3, Scene 2 when offering him the gun?
10. What is revealed about the townspeople in the final scene of the play?
|
This section contains 927 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
