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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character returns the Girl's piece of jewelry after she drops it out of the window?
(a) The Lady in Black.
(b) The Old Man.
(c) The Caretaker's Wife.
(d) The Student.

2. The Student asks the Milkmaid to dip what object into the water before washing his eyes with it?
(a) A napkin.
(b) A handkerchief.
(c) A washcloth.
(d) His jacket.

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

4. Who shows the Girl the Student's picture in the newspaper?
(a) The Old Man.
(b) The Student.
(c) The Lady in Black.
(d) The Colonel.

5. Once the Student reveals that he has heard the Old Man's name before, the Old Man says he supposes that his name had been mentioned "with a certain" (5) what?
(a) Gratitude.
(b) Pride.
(c) Peace.
(d) Aversion.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the curtain rises on Act I, what sound can be heard?

2. The Old Man asks the Student to reserve seats for what type of performance?

3. What does the Milkmaid do with her cap while she washes her hands and fixes her hair?

4. In the central foreground of Act I is a green object of what type?

5. What aspect of the Student's persona causes the Old Man to ask if the young man knows a Mr. Arkenholtz?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reaction by the Milkmaid causes the Student to become surprised at the beginning of the play and why?

2. What does the Old Man ask of the Student in lieu of the money he claims the Student's father still owes him?

3. Why does the Old Man instruct the Student to reserve "a ticket for seat eighty-two in the sixth row" (6) at the opera?

4. From the Student's perspective, what does the house at the center of the play symbolize within Act I?

5. What is the first indication of menace within the Old Man's interactions with the Student?

6. What paradoxical statement does Johansson make about the link between the Old Man and trust?

7. What claims does the Old Man make about the Student's father in Act I?

8. What supreme desire does the Old Man claim to hold dear when he speaks to the Student?

9. Why does the Student begin to cry once he has seen the Girl?

10. What were the circumstances behind the second marriage between the Colonel and the Mummy?

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