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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. Whose biological daughter is the Girl?
(a) The Colonel's.
(b) Johansson's.
(c) The Dead Man's.
(d) The Old Man's.

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

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

4. What object does the Girl drop out of the window in Act I?
(a) An earring.
(b) A ring.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A bracelet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Old Man asks the Student to push his wheelchair to what location in his first such request?

2. What does the Old Man offer to the Student, which the Student promptly accepts?

3. 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?

4. Which of the following traits does NOT characterize the Old Man?

5. How does the Milkmaid respond to the student's request that she "bathe [his] eyes" (3)?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What claim does the Old Man make about altruism and what does the claim demonstrate about his character?

3. How does the Student respond to the Old Man's claims about the supposed transgressions committed by the Student's father?

4. What is demonstrated about the Student's character within his response to the Old Man's accusations against the Student's father?

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

6. What information does the Student learn about the Old Man's treatment of the powerful during his conversation with Johansson?

7. How does the Old Man first come into contact with the Student in Act I?

8. Provide evidence for the conclusion that the Student believes at least part of the Old Man's claim about the Student's father.

9. What mystery about the Milkmaid remains intact throughout the entirety of Act I and beyond?

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

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