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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. Who suggests that the guests at the ghost supper be served tea?
(a) Johansson.
(b) The Colonel.
(c) The Mummy.
(d) The Old Man.

2. How old is the Lady in Black, according to the Old Man?
(a) 90.
(b) 58.
(c) 88.
(d) 79.

3. The Old Man tells the Student that he has no heirs except one son, whom he describes in what way?
(a) Good-for-nothing.
(b) Blasphemous.
(c) Traitorous.
(d) Murderous.

4. The Old Man announces in Act I that he thinks what kind of weather is imminent?
(a) Wind.
(b) Rain.
(c) Snow.
(d) Hail.

5. What does the Milkmaid do with her cap while she washes her hands and fixes her hair?
(a) She hangs it on the fountain.
(b) She puts it in the pocket of her dress.
(c) She places it on the ground.
(d) She hangs it on the cow's horn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character does the Colonel refer to as his "devoted servant" (25)?

2. When the Student first asks Johansson what the Old Man is "after," (14) what is the Student's initial guess?

3. What incentive does Johansson name as the one that drives the Old Man?

4. The Girl says that she often becomes exhausted by the task of "keeping the filth of" what "at a distance" (37)?

5. The old man says that he had been engaged to the lady in black how many years before the narrative present?

(see the answer key)

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