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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 aspect of the Student's persona causes the Old Man to ask if the young man knows a Mr. Arkenholtz?
(a) His speech.
(b) His sense of humor.
(c) His vulnerability.
(d) His expression.

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

3. The Milkmaid carries the milk in baskets made of what material?
(a) Wood.
(b) Gold.
(c) Wire.
(d) Canvas.

4. The old man says that he had been engaged to the lady in black how many years before the narrative present?
(a) 60.
(b) 20.
(c) 40.
(d) 30.

5. What action does the Student take just after the Girl enters the house?
(a) He cries.
(b) He sneezes.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He collapses.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Student remarks that what activity has "become one of the fine arts these days" (4)?

3. What surface is said to be the only reflective surface used by the Lady in Black?

4. 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?

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

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