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

2. What does Claire invite her visitors to sit upon in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) A bench.
(b) A cask.
(c) A log.
(d) A suitcase.

3. What does Claire tell her visitors they are covered in in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Blood.
(b) Animal hair.
(c) Dust.
(d) Straw.

4. Where does Act 3, Scene 1 take place?
(a) Petersen's Barn.
(b) The Church.
(c) Konrad's Village Wood.
(d) The Hospital.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is taking a course in literature in Act 3, Scene 3?

2. What does the author state that Ill ultimately receives in the end of the play?

3. Who is speaking at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 4?

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

5. Which character says he's been over-drinking lately in Act 3, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Durrenmatt say he relates to the characters of the play in the postscript?

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

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

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

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

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