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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. What does Sigismund feel he can do?

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

3. Upon who does the Second urge the King to declare war?

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

5. How does Ignatius respond when the King falls to his knees, asking Ignatius' guidance in how to get his son back?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the play end?

2. How will Sigismund's new order be different from the old?

3. What does the Doctor think about the Prisoner's soul?

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

5. What does Julian want Sigismund to do with the royal robes? What is Sigismund's response?

6. What has happened while Sigismund has been away?

7. What does Olivier say about violence to come?

8. What does the King say Sigismund must do?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 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.

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