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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. What action is the Lady in Black performing the first time the audience sees her in Act I?
(a) She is reading.
(b) She is standing motionless.
(c) She is sleeping.
(d) She is waving.

2. The Girl says that she often becomes exhausted by the task of "keeping the filth of" what "at a distance" (37)?
(a) Life.
(b) Sin.
(c) Death.
(d) Wealth.

3. The Old Man tells the Student that after the performance, he must make his way to what location?
(a) The consulate.
(b) The Round Room.
(c) The opera house.
(d) The Hyacinth Room.

4. Which character is the biological father of the Girl?
(a) The Colonel.
(b) The Dead Man.
(c) The Old Man.
(d) The Mummy.

5. Whose fiancee is Beatrice von Holsteinkrona?
(a) The Old Man's.
(b) The Colonel's.
(c) Johansson's.
(d) Bergtsson's.

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. The Old Man asserts that only how many deceptive witnesses are needed in order to "prove anything about which they have agreed," (30) according to the Old Man?

3. Whose biological daughter is the Girl?

4. At what type of performance does the Colonel first meet the Student?

5. The Old Man states that what element makes it impossible to obscure the truth?

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