The Visit: A Tragi-comedy Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Visit: A Tragi-comedy Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name Claire calls her husband upon her arrival in the town?

2. What do the townspeople do at the end of Act 2, Scene 3?

3. How old is Ill in The Visit?

4. In Act 2, Scene 3, who is playing music?

5. Who is the woman who runs half naked across the stage in Act 1, Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Claire explain the justification for her offer to the town of Guellen at the end of Act 1?

2. What other strange questions does Claire ask once at her hotel?

3. Where does Ill go in Act 2, Scene 2? What is alarming to him there?

4. Who delivers exposition about the town in the opening scene of the play? What is revealed?

5. How does the theme of denial progress in the townspeople through Act 2?

6. What about Claire's body is symbolic of her character?

7. Who, as a whole, are Claire's ex-husbands? How does she feel about them?

8. What is the reaction to Ill's points in Act 2, Scene 3? How do they blockade him?

9. What does Ill realize in his conversation with the mayor in Act 2, Scene 2?

10. What does Ill say to Claire in his attempts to woo her in the Village Wood? How does she respond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss "motif" and "symbolism" in the play. How does the author use these techniques to represent thematic ideas?

Essay Topic 2

What do the townspeople sing in the final chorus of the play? How does this represent the author's views of poverty in comparison to greed?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of power and control in the play. How does Claire embody this theme? What choices has she made which contribute to this?

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