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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. Who is the rain splendid for?

2. What kind of person does Regina not want to marry?

3. What is Oswald smoking?

4. What does Mrs. Alving say her and Manders are?

5. Where does Regina say she would like to live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Engstrand see Manders do with the candle?

2. Why does Oswald think that Engstrand's building will burn down?

3. Summarize the play.

4. What does Mrs. Alving say she means by ghosts?

5. How does Engstrand say Manders can repay him?

6. Describe the setting of Ghosts.

7. Why does Engstrand say he cannot conduct the prayers himself?

8. Why does Mrs. Alving think she was a coward to marry her husband?

9. Who is Engstrand?

10. What does Pastor Manders have against the books Mrs. Alving reads?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ghosts greatly influenced modern literature and theater. Choose a book or play that you think was influenced by Ghosts and discuss their similarities in terms of the following:

1) Plot

2) Character

3) Themes

Essay Topic 2

Examine the play's reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the play differ? Was the play more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Regina's character to the person she is at the beginning of the play to the person she is at the end of the play.

1) What does Regina hope to achieve at the start of the play?

2) What events changes Regina's ideas about life?

3) What does the author suggest will be Regina's future?

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