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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) Regret.
(c) Elation.
(d) Fascination.

2. Act I of The Ghost Sonata begins just outside of what type of structure?
(a) A house.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A brothel.
(d) A library.

3. Whose mistress is Beatrice von Holsteinkrona?
(a) The Colonel's.
(b) The Dead Man's.
(c) The Student's.
(d) The Old Man's.

4. The Student remarks that what activity has "become one of the fine arts these days" (4)?
(a) Emulating other people.
(b) Slandering other people.
(c) Robbing other people.
(d) Persuading other people.

5. By which body part does the Old Man seize Johansson when he first arrives at the ghost supper and spies Johansson?
(a) The wrist.
(b) The ear.
(c) The elbow.
(d) The waist.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the start of Act III, the Student and the Girl are speaking together in what specific location?

2. According to the Old Man, if the Student were what kind of child, he would be able to see the Dead Man emerge from the house to look at a particular object?

3. The Old Man asserts that only how many deceptive witnesses are needed in order to "prove anything about which they have agreed," (30) according to the Old Man?

4. Johansson marvels at the fact that which character is "itching to get in" the house "as if it were a paradise" (20)?

5. What adjective does the Old Man use to describe the house in which the ghost supper is held?

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