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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 principle concern that Claire's visitors come to speak to her about in Act 3, Scene 1?

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

3. In Act 3, Scene 4, the Schoolmaster says, "For what would be the sense of wealth, which created not a wealth of ____?"

4. Who speaks up with questions when Ill takes the stage at the town meeting in Act 3, Scene 4?

5. What does the Doctor say that Ill died of in the end of the play?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Durrenmatt say in reference to allegory or symbolism in the postscript?

6. Who has arrived in the town in Act 3, Scene 2? What is the townspeople's concern about this?

7. What conclusion has Ill come to in Act 3, Scene 2? Who does he discuss this with in his shop?

8. What is the author's point in writing the postscript?

9. What does Claire reveal to her guests in Act 3, Scene 1 regarding Guellen?

10. In Act 3, Scene 2, how do the townspeople view Ill?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolism of Claire's appearance. What hair color does she have? Is she attractive? How old is the character? What does this symbolism relate to thematically?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of "Greed" as it applies to the play. Which characters embody greed? How is this represented?

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