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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 Olivier speak about violence to come?

2. What does the Doctor tell Julian he has chosen since he became an adult?

3. Of what was the Prisoner convicted?

4. As the Man and the Recruit continue to speak in poetic language about signs of approaching violence, what does Olivier do?

5. What does Julian order be done to Sigismund?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What has happened while Sigismund has been away?

5. What does the conversation with the Peasant Woman reveal?

6. How does Sigismund imitate Christ?

7. What does Sigismund say about the old regime?

8. What is the purpose of the sponge?

9. What does Sigismund want from the Gypsy Girl?

10. What does the King say to the Confessor?

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

The Gypsy Girl's reference to Sigismund as Judas is ironic.

Part 1) Why does she refer to him as Judas? Would you have agreed with her? Why or why not?

Part 2) Why is this reference ironic?

Part 3) What must be known about Sigismund to realize the irony?

Essay Topic 3

The essential purpose of the fourth act is to reiterate the contrast between earthly and spiritual power.

Part 1) Describe the fourth act. How does it reiterate the theme?

Part 2) What is the purpose for reiterating the theme?

Part 3) Contrast has been significant throughout the play. Why? What is the purpose for such contrast?

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