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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. Who does Pancras tell Olivier is making the noise?

2. For whom does the Doctor ask?

3. How does Anton respond to Julian's interest to join the court?

4. How does Olivier speak to the guards?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sigismund say when he sees the Doctor's shocked expression?

2. How does the scene begin?

3. What does the King say to the Confessor?

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

5. What suddenly happens to Sigismund?

6. What has happened while Sigismund has been away?

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

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

9. How does this scene begin?

10. What did the prophecy contain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Act 3, Part 2, the Doctor's cryptic hints about Sigismund's fate is used as a an element of foreshadowing.

Part 1) What is the Doctor's message regarding Sigismund's fate? What does it foreshadow?

Part 2) How does it reveal Sigismund's role in the revolution?

Part 3) How does this message, like many other aspects of Sigismund's life, reflect Christ's life?

Part 4) Could Sigismund's fate have turned out differently? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Act 3, Part 1 serves mostly to build suspense about what will happen when the King and Sigismund finally confront each other.

Part 1) How does this scene build suspense? What is the purpose of this?

Part 2) What role does the Confessor play in this scene? How does the King respond to the Confessor's advice? Why does he respond this way?

Part 3) What other Christ references are made in this chapter? What do they foreshadow? Why does the author use these as foreshadowing devices?

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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