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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Ill referring to when she says in Act 3, "They're in fashion today"?
(a) Large hair.
(b) Large breasts.
(c) High heels.
(d) High collars.

2. What is the Doctor's last name in the play?
(a) Heimlin.
(b) Neusslin.
(c) Verschant.
(d) Heimberger.

3. What does Ill's family leave him to go do in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) See a movie.
(b) Go visit relatives.
(c) Go for a drive in the country.
(d) Go to church.

4. Who does Ill tell the Priest to pray for in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) Himself.
(b) His family.
(c) Claire.
(d) Guellen.

5. What does Ill ask for in his final moments in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) A pipe.
(b) A last meal.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) Freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author claim must not be overlooked in the character of Claire?

2. To whom was Claire's shortest marriage?

3. Who owns Konrad's Village Wood?

4. What does Claire order her ninth husband to do in Act 3, Scene 3?

5. Who does not raise a hand in the vote in Act 3, Scene 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the mayor tell Ill in Act 3, Scene 2 when offering him the gun?

2. How has Ill's character undergone a drastic change in Act 3, Scene 2?

3. What does Claire reveal to her guests in Act 3, Scene 1 regarding Guellen?

4. How is Claire's love of power revealed in Act 3, Scene 1?

5. What takes place in the climax of the play? Where is this scene located?

6. What is absurd about the proposition made to Claire in Act 3, Scene 1?

7. What does Durrenmatt mean regarding "not imposing excessive meaning" in the postscript?

8. What is the outcome of the vote in Act 3, Scene 4? How do the townspeople justify it?

9. How does Act 3, Scene 3 change the tone of the play and the reader's view of the main characters?

10. Who begins to tell the truth to the press in Act 3, Scene 2? Who stops him?

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