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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 of the town in which The Visit takes place?

2. What do the townspeople offer to Ill in Act 2, Scene 3?

3. What does Claire's husband own?

4. What season is it in Act 2 of The Visit?

5. Who do the townspeople say invented gunpowder in the town?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Ill going in Act 2, Scene 3? Who does he meet there?

2. What does Ill believe has caused the change in the townspeople in Act 2, Scene 1?

3. How does Act 2, Scene 3 illustrate the theme of denial?

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

5. Describe the anonymity of the town in which the play is based. How does this reflect the people of the town?

6. What questions and answers take place between Ill and the townspeople in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3?

7. Where is the second place Ill goes in Act 2, Scene 2? What does he meet there?

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

9. In Act 2, Scene 1, is the town already set to kill Ill? What is his principle concern?

10. What does Ill notice about the customer purchases in Act 2, Scene 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the use of foreshadowing in The Visit. What are some examples of foreshadowing established as early as Act 1, Scene 1? What does this dialogue foretell?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the town of Guellen. What does the exposition tell us of the town's circumstances?

Essay Topic 3

Examine and analyze the character of Ill. How does this character come to embody a tragic hero? What transition does he make in the course of the play?

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