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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 does Claire say she plans to turn the world into in Act 3?

2. What did the choir perform in Act 3, Scene 1?

3. What does Ill's family leave him to go do in Act 3, Scene 3?

4. The author writes in the postscript that Ill's family is not wicked, only what?

5. Where does Act 3, Scene 2 take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ill thank Claire for in Act 3, Scene 3?

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

3. What is expressed in the final song of the play?

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

5. Why is the vote held twice in the final scene? Why do the reporters leave?

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

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

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

9. How does Durrenmatt say he relates to the characters of the play in the postscript?

10. How is Claire's love of power revealed in Act 3, Scene 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe the plot of the play. Where is the exposition, rising action, climax, and denouement?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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