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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Pancras tell Olivier is making the noise?
(a) The Prisoner.
(b) The Recruit.
(c) The King.
(d) The Guards.

2. What does the King hope that Ignatius will be able to do?
(a) Stay in the monastery.
(b) Run away.
(c) Leave him.
(d) Help him.

3. Specific parallels to _____ story appear throughout the play, making thematic points about the importance of integrity, faith and tensions between spiritual and earthly power.
(a) The Christ.
(b) The Czar.
(c) The Buddha.
(d) The Zeus.

4. Who is the Confessor?
(a) A spy for the King.
(b) The hearer of the King's prayers and confessions.
(c) One who confesses his sins to the King.
(d) The courtier who has been with Sigismund.

5. Of what does Anton assure the Doctor about Sigismund?
(a) He cannot communicate.
(b) He is weak.
(c) He cannot run.
(d) He cannot walk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is a spiritual young man tortured and imprisoned by authority figures afraid of his power?

2. What does Anton urge the Doctor to give the Prisoner?

3. What does Julian order be done to Sigismund?

4. What is the nobleman Adam's job?

5. What does the Doctor tell Julian he has chosen since he became an adult?

(see the answer key)

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