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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act I: Pages 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Old Man tells the Student that "All help is" (5) what?
(a) Warranted.
(b) Humiliating.
(c) Charity.
(d) Harmful.

2. How does the Milkmaid respond to the student's request that she "bathe [his] eyes" (3)?
(a) She does as he requests and accepts his offer of money.
(b) She refuses his request.
(c) She does not answer him at all.
(d) She does as he requests and refuses his offer of money.

3. What is the Student's response when the Old Man asks him if he is wealthy?
(a) He says that he is enormously wealthy.
(b) He says that he lives near the poverty line.
(c) He says that he is moderately wealthy.
(d) He says he is the exact opposite.

4. On what day of the week does the play's narrative begin?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Sunday.

5. What color is the Milkmaid's cap?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does the Milkmaid use to look at her reflection as she is fixing her hair?

2. The Old Man says that though the ruin of the Student's father had likely been attributed to him, the reality is that the Student's father had stolen how many "thousand crowns" (5) from the Old Man?

3. What is revealed to be the Old Man's surname?

4. The Student tells the Old Man that he is studying what subject?

5. What physical aid does the Old Man use to help him get around?

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