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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act II: Pages 17-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Student asks the Milkmaid if he might borrow which object?
(a) A stick of butter.
(b) A pencil.
(c) A cup.
(d) A match.

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

4. To which literary character does Johansson allude when he tells the Student about the Old Man's past romantic life?
(a) Casanova.
(b) Don Juan.
(c) Prince Valiant.
(d) Romeo.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As Johansson wheels the Old Man quickly away from the house at the end of Act I, the Old Man tells the Student not to forget what?

3. Which character does not receive an invitation to the supper discussed in Act II?

4. By which body part does the Old Man seize Johansson when he first arrives at the ghost supper and spies Johansson?

5. The Mummy is described as having which type of affliction?

(see the answer key)

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