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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. Where does Ill tell the townspeople he is going to emigrate to in Act 2, Scene 3?

2. What does the priest have in Act 2, Scene 2 which startles Ill?

3. The Priest tells Ill, "You are your own ____."

4. Who do the townspeople say invented gunpowder in the town?

5. What do the townspeople tell Ill in Act 2, Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the priest's opinion of Ill's problems in Act 2?

2. What about Claire's body is symbolic of her character?

3. What questions and answers take place between Ill and the townspeople in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3?

4. Why does Claire go to the Village Wood? What is revealed in her first visit there?

5. What other strange questions does Claire ask once at her hotel?

6. What does Claire ask to tour in the town? What do the townspeople note about her presence?

7. What is the reaction to Ill's points in Act 2, Scene 3? How do they blockade him?

8. Where is Ill going in Act 2, Scene 3? Who does he meet there?

9. In the beginning of Act 2, what does Ill see from his window? What does he do?

10. How does Act 2, Scene 3 illustrate the theme of denial?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the elements of tragedy in the play. What staging characteristics are similar to Greek Tragedy? What themes are relevant to both?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the town of Guellen. What does the exposition tell us of the town's circumstances?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the overall irony of The Visit. What in the outcome of the play is ironic about the two main characters and their situations?

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