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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. What incentive does Johansson name as the one that drives the Old Man?
(a) Chaos.
(b) Money.
(c) Fun.
(d) Power.

2. Who else will be in attendance at The Valkyrie, causing the Old Man to hope that the Student will meet him there?
(a) A consul.
(b) A priest.
(c) A magistrate.
(d) The Colonel.

3. When the Student sees the Girl for the first time, he says that she is "incredibly" (11) what?
(a) Plain.
(b) Graceful.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Innocent.

4. How does the Milkmaid respond to the student's request that she "bathe [his] eyes" (3)?
(a) She does not answer him at all.
(b) She refuses his request.
(c) She does as he requests and refuses his offer of money.
(d) She does as he requests and accepts his offer of money.

5. What is the Student's response when the Old Man asks him if he is wealthy?
(a) He says that he lives near the poverty line.
(b) He says he is the exact opposite.
(c) He says that he is moderately wealthy.
(d) He says that he is enormously wealthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the Student that his picture is already in the paper in association with his heroism the night before?

2. The Old Man announces in Act I that he thinks what kind of weather is imminent?

3. Who shows the Girl the Student's picture in the newspaper?

4. The student is urged to take the hand of the Old Man in order to detect what quality?

5. Act I of The Ghost Sonata begins just outside of what type of structure?

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