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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sigismund feel he can do?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Die.
(c) Fly.
(d) Swim.

2. What does Julian tell the Doctor he is expected to do, regarding the Prisoner's health?
(a) Propose how to destroy it completely.
(b) See if it is weakening.
(c) Propose ways in which drastic improvements can be made.
(d) See how much longer it will hold up.

3. Who does Olivier think can sense "the bloodshed to come?"
(a) The princes.
(b) The pigeons.
(c) The Jewish smugglers.
(d) The guards.

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

5. Why can Sigismund not see his father and mother, according to Julian?
(a) He was banished from his parents' sight.
(b) They are far away.
(c) He has no parents.
(d) They are dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Prisoner respond when Anton calls him by name?

2. What is the setting?

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.

4. He adds that Julian's spiritual freedom depends on what?

5. What does the Beggar say to the Monk, when the Monk asks what he wants?

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