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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. How much does the painter charge Mrs. Ill for the painting in Act 3, Scene 2?

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

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

4. What does Claire tell her visitors they are covered in in Act 3, Scene 1?

5. What do the reporters want a photograph of Ill selling?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is absurd about the proposition made to Claire in Act 3, Scene 1?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does the mayor tell Ill in Act 3, Scene 2 when offering him the gun?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the elements of Absurdism, Epic Theater, Satire, and Comedy in The Visitor. Name specific examples of each within the text and define the terms in your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the elements of tragedy in the play. What staging characteristics are similar to Greek Tragedy? What themes are relevant to both?

Essay Topic 3

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

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