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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act III: Pages 32-42.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The stage direction states that the Old Man should look at the Student with what sort of expression when the Student mentions the Milkmaid?
(a) Horror.
(b) Fascination.
(c) Regret.
(d) Elation.

2. The Student tells the Old Man that the Mr. Arkenholtz to whom he refers is which member of his family?
(a) Brother.
(b) Father.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Grandfather.

3. The student is urged to take the hand of the Old Man in order to detect what quality?
(a) Clamminess.
(b) Warmth.
(c) Cold.
(d) Rigidity.

4. The Student declares jokingly that he and the Girl are wedded after they create what object together?
(a) An idea.
(b) A chain.
(c) A floral wreath.
(d) A paper snowflake.

5. What is the Old Man reading the first time the audience sees him onstage?
(a) An eviction notice.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A magazine.
(d) An arrest warrant.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what type of performance does the Colonel first meet the Student?

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

3. Which character at the ghost supper announces, "Bring the Mummy in and the party can begin" (28)?

4. In what kind of publication is the document the Colonel shows to the Old Man in Act II?

5. The Girl says that while the family members are served "course after course," (35) they receive nothing matching what description?

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