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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 Paulina say there is none of in the house?
2. What is the name of the tape Paulina has in her pocket?
3. What kind of clothing does Paulina pull out of the drawer?
4. How does Paulina feel about the possibility of these people going to trial?
5. What could the fact that Paulina uses her panties to gag Roberto instead of something else symbolize?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Gerardo and Paulina appear not to notice while listening to the concert?
2. What does Gerardo say Paulina remembers about her torture and how does Roberto respond?
3. What do Gerardo and Paulina do when the music ends?
4. How does the play, DEATH AND THE MAIDEN, open?
5. What relative of Roberto does Paulina mention and what does she say about this relative?
6. Where does the last Scene open?
7. What does Roberto finally say is his real purpose for stopping?
8. What does Paulina do when she hears a car?
9. What does Paulina pretend when Gerardo comes to bed and how does Gerardo respond?
10. What does Gerardo tell Paulina was missing from his car and what does she say?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Paulina has said she wants Gerardo to defend the truth on the Investigating Commission.
1. What do you think she meant by this statement? Use examples from the play to support your answer.
2. Do you think Paulina believes Gerardo is too weak to insist on the truth if she isn't pushing him? Why or why not?
3. Do you think the truth should be more important to Gerardo than it is? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Roberto says that he heard about Gerardo's appointment to the Investigating Commission. He also seems very respectful of the role Gerardo will play, in that he will have many duties and worries on his hands shortly, and wants to help remove the trouble with the car.
1. Does Roberto's offer of help and wanting to talk about the commission seem suspicious? Why or why not?
2. Do you think Roberto's offer of help is logical given he has just met Gerardo? Why or why not?
3. Could Roberto's behavior in the statement above be a foreshadowing? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
By the end of Act 1, Scene 3, assuming we don't already know the story, we know that Paulina is either crazy or desperate. Perhaps it is a combination of both.
1. Do you think Paulina is crazy? Why or why not? Support your answer with examples from the text.
2. Do you think a person can be crazy and still live as normally as Paulina lives? Why or why not?
3. Why might desperation look like mental illness? Use examples to support your answer.
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