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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act I: Pages 9-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Student respond when the Old Man asks if he is "a gambler" (7)?
(a) He says that he has never been a gambler.
(b) He says that he used to be a gambler, but he had shown no aptitude for it.
(c) He says that he is a gambler and he rarely wins.
(d) He says that he is a gambler and that he always wins.

2. When the Student appears for the first time, he walks directly up to what object?
(a) The mailbox.
(b) The fountain.
(c) The lamp post.
(d) The cow.

3. When the Student finds he is unable to free his hand from the Old Man's grasp, the Old Man says that before he dies, he wants to make which character happy?
(a) The Caretaker's Wife.
(b) The Student.
(c) The Mummy.
(d) The Lady in Black.

4. 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?
(a) 22.
(b) 13.
(c) 17.
(d) 43.

5. In what way is the Girl said to thank the person who returns her piece of jewelry after she drops it?
(a) Angrily.
(b) Stiffly.
(c) Flirtatiously.
(d) Graciously.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the central foreground of Act I is a green object of what type?

2. At what object will the Dead Man gaze when he emerges from the house, according to the Old Man?

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

4. Which character is the Old Man clearly unable to see within Act I?

5. Which character is revealed to be standing on the staircase when the curtain rises in Act I?

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