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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 Student quips that he had entered the world during what type of "proceedings" (4)?
(a) Bankruptcy.
(b) Homicide investigation.
(c) Tax audit.
(d) Divorce.

2. What does the Mummy do when Bengtsson asks her to whistle?
(a) She shouts.
(b) She weeps.
(c) She spits.
(d) She whistles.

3. What does the Student NOT name among the characteristics of the world he lists at the end of the play?
(a) Illusion.
(b) Endless change.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Beauty.

4. When the Mummy unleashes a tirade against the Old Man, who is NOT named among the Old Man's victims?
(a) The Student.
(b) The Girl.
(c) The Mummy.
(d) The Consul.

5. 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 Student.
(b) The Caretaker's Wife.
(c) The Lady in Black.
(d) The Mummy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The Girl tells the Student that he "can never have" (38) what?

4. The Old Man tells the Mummy that her husband is pursuing a divorce so that he can marry the daughter of which character?

5. To which location does Bengtsson go when he is bidden by the Old Man to leave the Round Room?

(see the answer key)

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