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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. The King talks at length about how his kingdom is falling apart and how he plans to attack who?

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

3. What is the setting of this scene?

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

5. What does Ignatius say about how the terror and remorse the King is experiencing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Beggar say when the Monk asks what he wants? What does the Porter tell the Monk about the Beggar?

2. What is expected of the Doctor?

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

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

5. What does Sigismund say when he enters the scene?

6. What does Sigismund say about the old regime?

7. Why does the Prisoner torment others?

8. How does the Confessor respond to the King?

9. What does the Peasant Woman say and do when Sigismund cries out for his real mother?

10. What does the Doctor confirm when he appears?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The King is an intriguing character.

Part 1) Describe the King. Why is he intriguing?

Part 2) Why does he act the way he does? How does his medieval life reinforce his behavior?

Part 3) How does his behavior reflect society in 1930s Germany, when this play was written?

Essay Topic 2

Sigismund comments that he is his own father and son.

Part 1) Why does he say this? How is he both his own father and son?

Part 2) What does this statement symbolize?

Part 3) Compare his relationship with his father to Christ's with his Father.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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