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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. what does the Doctor think about what has been done to Sigismund?
(a) It is monstrous.
(b) It is incredible.
(c) It is interesting.
(d) It is sad.

2. How do the people feel about this news from the King?
(a) Miserable.
(b) Unsure.
(c) Enthusiastic.
(d) Thrilled.

3. What does Julian say he has begun to have?
(a) Sleepless nights.
(b) A large apetite.
(c) Many naps.
(d) No apetite.

4. What does the letter to Julian contain?
(a) The news that the King's nephew has been killed in a riding accident and that the King's chief advisor has suddenly become a monk.
(b) The news that the King is coming for a visit.
(c) A note from the King thanking him for his birthday gift.
(d) The news that the King wants the Prisoner removed from the Tower.

5. How does the Prisoner respond when Anton calls him by name?
(a) He does not respond.
(b) Yes.
(c) He begins banging the cage with his fists.
(d) He screams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Doctor speak about in regards to the Prisoner?

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

3. As the Man and the Recruit continue to speak in poetic language about signs of approaching violence, what does Olivier do?

4. Of what was the Prisoner convicted?

5. The conviction was the direct result of what before the Prisoner was born?

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