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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. Whose performance in the choir does Claire remark upon in Act 3, Scene 1?

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

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

4. Where has Claire sent Hoby in Act 3, Scene 1?

5. Who does the author compare the character of Claire to in the postscript?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who meets Claire in Act 3, Scene 1? Why?

2. What takes place in the climax of the play? Where is this scene located?

3. What is the outcome of the vote in Act 3, Scene 4? How do the townspeople justify it?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What plea do the visitors make to Claire in Act 3, Scene 1?

10. What are Claire's final words to Ill in Act 3, Scene 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the play in the context of European history in the Post-WWII era. How did the war and its aftermath influence the author?

Essay Topic 3

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

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