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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. Why does Trock feel poisoned?

2. In Act 1, Scene 3, who follows Miriamne without success?

3. What comfort does Shadow offer Trock in Act 1, Scene 1?

4. How does Miriamne know about the letter?

5. Where does Garth tell Miriamne to go in Act 1, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mio react to Judge Gaunt's opinion of the Romanga case?

2. Describe Judge Gaunt.

3. Why did Garth tell Esdras his secret?

4. Why is Mio murdered?

5. Describe Trock.

6. Why is Miriamne murdered?

7. How does Judge Gaunt react to the argument between the Policeman and the other characters in Act 1, Scene 3?

8. What does the conversation between Mio and Carr reveal about Mio's past in Act 1, Scene 3?

9. According to Mio, what destroyed his father?

10. How does Miriamne attempt to cheer Mio after Judge Gaunt and Esdras leave the apartment in the middle of Act 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Miriamne's compassion with Mio's desire for revenge. How do these two emotions conflict throughout the play? In the end, which emotion proves to be the strongest and why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Anderson's style of writing imitates that of Shakespeare. How does Anderson's use of language, sentence structure, dramatic conventions, and character development mimic that of Shakespeare? What philosophies do Anderson and Shakespeare seem to share?

Essay Topic 3

What purpose does poetic language serve in the play? At what points is prose interspersed with verse? How is prose used in the play? Why did Anderson choose to switch between the use of verse and prose?

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