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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 the audience learn about Leocadia's husband from Gumersinda's remarks?
2. What is the only subject Dr. Arrieta is willing to discuss with Father Duaso?
3. What royal decree frightens Leocadia?
4. In Part 1, Scene 1, why are King Ferdinand's appointments for tomorrow far apart?
5. What does Leocadia call Goya?
Short Essay Questions
1. What choice does Goya make between engaging with Leocadia and auto-erotic activity? How do you know?
2. What does Goya mean when he says, "For thirty years I've been witnessing a play I don't understand"?
3. When King Ferdinand questions Father Duaso's characterization of Goya as "tranquil," Father Duaso goes farther and says that Goya appears "undaunted." Realizing that this description may be an error, how does Father Duaso retreat from what he has said?
4. What do the unnamed women's voices represent in Goya's mind?
5. The imaginary figures that torment Goya say they do so in the name of the priest from Tamajon. Who is the priest from Tamajon?
6. What does Goya explain to Dr. Arrieta that the black paintings on his walls represent?
7. What does Dr. Arrieta say to assure Leocadia that Goya is not mad?
8. What choice does Mariquita's voice offer to Goya in Part 2, Scene 2?
9. How does King Ferdinand know that Goya opposes him?
10. What advice does King Ferdinand give Father Duaso in dealing with Goya?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What forces - personal and political - caused Goya to paint the Black Paintings? Do you believe he was motivated more by the chaos in his own mind or the chaos in his country? Do you believe he intended the paintings to be seen by others or not? Support your thesis with evidence from the play.
Essay Topic 2
Animals as metaphors are used extensively in this play, and in the Black Paintings. In your essay, list the animals that are used and explain the metaphorical significance of each. You may need to use Internet research, as well as information that is given within the play itself.
Essay Topic 3
At the end of the play, Goya arrives at more than one startling conclusion about himself and his fellow man. Write an essay explaining what those conclusions are, and what prompted Goya to realize them.
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