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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. Where does Ill tell the townspeople he is going first in Act 2, Scene 3?

3. How does Claire drink her whiskey?

4. Where had Louis Perch emigrated to?

5. What is Ill carrying in Act 2, Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Claire ask to tour in the town? What do the townspeople note about her presence?

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

3. What are the townspeople awaiting in the beginning of the play? Why?

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

5. What is the priest's opinion of Ill's problems in Act 2?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the character of Claire to that of Medea, whom is mentioned on multiple occasions in the play. How are they similar?

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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