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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. After the Recruit goes off, what does conversation between the guards reveal about Olivier?

2. What does the King do when the Young Monk reads another quote?

3. Why does the Doctor tear up his suggestions for keeping the Prisoner healthy?

4. What does the King say has eluded him?

5. Sigismund says he feels so powerful that he can do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place at the beginning of this scene?

2. What does Olivier think he hears?

3. What does Julian tell Sigismund about his father?

4. How does Sigismund react when Juilan encourages him to take the power he is being offered?

5. How does this act begin?

6. For what does the King blame Julian?

7. What does the Doctor confirm when he appears?

8. How does Anton react to this news? What other news does Simon give Anton?

9. What does the Noble Officer say about the war?

10. What did the prophecy contain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Act 5, Part 1 is quite different from much of the rest of the play.

Part 1) Describe Act 5, Part 1. How is it different?

Part 2) How must you analyze this part differently than you have the rest of the play? Why?

Part 3) Why has the author chosen to make this section different from the rest of the play?

Essay Topic 3

Negative comments are made about Jews.

Part 1) What are the comments that are made? Why are they made?

Part 2) How would audiences in 1930s Germany react to these comments? Would their reactions different from how audiences would react today? Why or why not?

Part 3) What is the author's opinion of Jews, based on this play? Explain.

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