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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 the Doctor think about the Prisoner's soul?

2. What does Julian tell Sigismund he has come to bring him?

3. For what does Julian ask the Doctor to prescribe?

4. In the distance, what are heard?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Olivier say about violence to come?

2. How does Julian feel about joining the King's court?

3. How does Anton respond to seeing the charred straw?

4. What does the Peasant Woman try to get Sigismund to do? How does he respond?

5. How does Anton feel about joining the King's court?

6. How does the Confessor respond to the King?

7. What is causing the banging noise? Why?

8. What is the purpose of the sponge?

9. For what does the King blame Julian?

10. How does this scene begin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The tower has significant symbolic value.

Part 1) Describe the tower. Why is this also the title of the book?

Part 2) What does the tower symbolize? Why is it significant?

Part 3) What should the audience take with them after seeing this play? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Poetic language is used.

Part 1) Is poetic language used throughout the entire play? Why or why not?

Part 2) Why might the author choose to use poetic language?

Part 3) Is this more effective and engaging than more prosaic writing? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The play's secondary point is that the kind of spiritual life Sigismund leads is ideal.

Part 1) Describe Sigismund's spiritual life. Why might it be ideal?

Part 2) What does the author expect the audience to do with this knowledge? Use the text to support your response.

Part 3) How does Sigismund reveal to the audience what the author might expect from a leader in real life? Use the text for support.

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