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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 King Ferdinand think needlework would do for his subjects?

2. Where are Goya's children?

3. Why does King Ferdinand refuse to start another Inquisition?

4. What weapon does Goya keep near him?

5. Goya tells Dr. Arrieta that Leocadia wants to go to France for what reason?

Short Essay Questions

1. What choice does Goya make between engaging with Leocadia and auto-erotic activity? How do you know?

2. How does King Ferdinand know that Goya opposes him?

3. How does King Ferdinand evaluate Goya?

4. Of what does Father Duaso accuse Leocadia without directly saying it?

5. In what has Goya defied King Ferdinand?

6. Why does Dr. Arrieta reject Father Duaso's plan to persuade Goya to beg the king's pardon?

7. Why did Goya turn back from his walk when he encountered the soldiers at the bridge?

8. What is the Green Book?

9. How is Goya's situation with King Ferdinand impossible?

10. What evidence does Goya have that Leocadia has been unfaithful to him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Goya's last speech in the play is to look at Leocadia and say, "I'll never know." Do you think you know Leocadia's true position and character? Using evidence from the play, support your thesis about the kind of woman Leocadia actually was.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

An author may write to inform, persuade, or entertain his readers. Write an essay telling what you think Buero-Vallejo's purpose was in creating this play. What about it is universal? What theme do you think the playwright was addressing? Do you think Buero-Vallejo has met his goal?

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