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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. Who does not raise a hand in the vote in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) Claire.
(b) The Schoolmaster.
(c) Ill's wife.
(d) Ill.

2. What does Claire offer to Ill in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) A flower.
(b) An umbrella.
(c) A suitcase.
(d) A cigarette.

3. What is Claire wearing in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) A tiara.
(b) A wedding gown.
(c) A black dress.
(d) A ball gown.

4. In terms of performance, the author writes in the postscript that "all that is art should seem to be _____."
(a) Structured.
(b) Art.
(c) Truth.
(d) Nature.

5. Who speaks up with questions when Ill takes the stage at the town meeting in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) The Mayor.
(b) No one.
(c) The Schoolmaster.
(d) The Priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tries to speak up to the reporters in Act 3, Scene 2?

2. What was Claire's father's occupation?

3. What is the principle concern that Claire's visitors come to speak to her about in Act 3, Scene 1?

4. The painter gives Mrs. Ill a portrait of whom in Act 3, Scene 2?

5. What does Claire tell her visitors they are covered in in Act 3, Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Claire respond to the offer in Act 3, Scene 1?

3. What does the mayor tell Ill in Act 3, Scene 2 when offering him the gun?

4. What is revealed about the townspeople in the final scene of the play?

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

6. What does the author suggest the play resembles in the postscript?

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

8. What are Ill's final requests before dying?

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

10. What is the author's point in writing the postscript?

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