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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Act II begins, in what location is the Girl sitting as she reads?
(a) The Green Room.
(b) The balcony.
(c) The Hyacinth Room.
(d) The Round Room.

2. The American Volunteer Force is said to have been reorganized at the end of which war?
(a) Revolutionary.
(b) Civil.
(c) Spanish-American.
(d) Indian.

3. Which character repeatedly addresses questions to a person named Jacob in Act II?
(a) Johansson.
(b) The Colonel.
(c) The Mummy.
(d) The Old Man.

4. The Old Man threatens to take what action if the people he has ordered to leave do not comply?
(a) He will kill them.
(b) He will start rumors about them.
(c) He will disown them.
(d) He will have them arrested.

5. Bengtsson says that the "lady of the house" (18) sits in what location all day?
(a) The chaise lounge.
(b) The rocking chair.
(c) The cupboard.
(d) The balcony.

6. To whom is the Mummy married in the narrative present?
(a) The Old Man.
(b) The Colonel.
(c) The Student.
(d) Johansson.

7. Whose mistress is Beatrice von Holsteinkrona?
(a) The Dead Man's.
(b) The Student's.
(c) The Colonel's.
(d) The Old Man's.

8. Bengtsson claims that the Mummy has been living in the house for how many years?
(a) 15.
(b) 40.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

9. In what kind of publication is the document the Colonel shows to the Old Man in Act II?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A novel.
(c) A pamphlet.
(d) A magazine.

10. For which character does the servant named Bengtsson work?
(a) The Colonel.
(b) The Old Man.
(c) The Lady in Black.
(d) The Milkmaid.

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

12. Which character is revealed to have paid all of the Colonel's outstanding debts?
(a) The Old Man.
(b) The Student.
(c) The Girl.
(d) The Mummy.

13. The Old Man tells the Mummy that her husband is pursuing a divorce so that he can marry the daughter of which character?
(a) The Dead Man.
(b) The Colonel.
(c) Bengtsson.
(d) The Old Man.

14. Which member of the household is depicted as knowing the most about each inhabitant's secrets and truths?
(a) The Mummy.
(b) The Lady in Black.
(c) The Colonel.
(d) Bengtsson.

15. What does the Mummy do when the cupboard door is opened?
(a) Protests.
(b) Sobs.
(c) Sleeps.
(d) Barks.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. To what location does the Mummy go when she leaves the Round Room in Act II?

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

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

5. The Mummy is said to be unable to "tolerate even "(19) what sight?

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