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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. How does Sigismund respond when Julian tells him he has to drink the potion to go on a journey?

2. What does the King want to do to Ignatius?

3. How does Olivier speak about violence to come?

4. Of what was the Prisoner convicted?

5. What does the King tell the other courtiers about Julian's behavior?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the scene open?

2. What are Olivier and his rebels doing to the peasants?

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

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

5. How does the play end?

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

7. How does Julian refer to Sigismund and the King?

8. What does the Doctor confirm when he appears?

9. What is Adam's job?

10. What does Olivier think he hears?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part of the play's thematic point relates to the value of the spirit.

Part 1) Prove this statement.

Part 2) What is meant by the spirit? Is the spirit valuable? Why or why not?

Part 3) What might this thematic point reveal about the author? Is the spirit valuable to the author? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The relationship between Sigismund and the Children's King is important.

Part 1) Describe their relationship. Why is their relationship like this?

Part 2) Why is their relationship important?

Part 3) What does their relationship symbolize? What is the audience supposed to get from this relationship? Why?

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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