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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sigismund say about Marcus Aurelius?

2. What do Olivier and the rebels do to each village they pass through?

3. What has been untouched since the Queen's death?

4. How does Julian refer to Sigismund?

5. What example of the executions does the Confessor give the King?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The tower has significant symbolic value.

Part 1) Describe the tower. Why is this also the title of the book?

Part 2) What does the tower symbolize? Why is it significant?

Part 3) What should the audience take with them after seeing this play? Why?

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

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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