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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. The stage direction states that the Old Man should look at the Student with what sort of expression when the Student mentions the Milkmaid?
(a) Regret.
(b) Elation.
(c) Fascination.
(d) Horror.

6. When the Student appears for the first time, he walks directly up to what object?
(a) The fountain.
(b) The cow.
(c) The lamp post.
(d) The mailbox.

7. What surface is said to be the only reflective surface used by the Lady in Black?
(a) The shattered looking-glass.
(b) The window.
(c) The water.
(d) The brass fixtures.

8. To whom does the Girl say a few words before going into the house?
(a) The Old Man.
(b) The Student.
(c) The Caretaker's Wife.
(d) The Mummy.

9. The Old Man asks the Student to reserve seats for what type of performance?
(a) An opera.
(b) A ballet.
(c) A play.
(d) A movie.

10. Who hoists "the flag to half-mast" (12) in honor of the Dead Man?
(a) The Old Man.
(b) The Lady in Black.
(c) The Mummy.
(d) The Girl.

11. The Old Man tells the student, "Serve me and you shall be a lord of" (11) what?
(a) Creation.
(b) Success.
(c) Existence.
(d) The manor.

12. 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 fountain.
(c) She places it on the ground.
(d) She hangs it on the cow's horn.

13. What item does the Milkmaid use to look at her reflection as she is fixing her hair?
(a) A window.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A metal bench.
(d) The water in the fountain.

14. As the curtain rises on Act I, what sound can be heard?
(a) Church bells ringing.
(b) Birds singing.
(c) Women wailing.
(d) Children laughing.

15. The Student tells the Old Man that he is studying what subject?
(a) Politics.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Languages.
(d) Mathematics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Student finds he is unable to free his hand from the Old Man's grasp, the Old Man says that before he dies, he wants to make which character happy?

2. What object does the Girl drop out of the window in Act I?

3. What is the Old Man reading the first time the audience sees him onstage?

4. What action is the Lady in Black performing the first time the audience sees her in Act I?

5. What color is the Milkmaid's cap?

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