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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. 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.

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

3. The Milkmaid carries the milk in baskets made of what material?
(a) Gold.
(b) Canvas.
(c) Wire.
(d) Wood.

4. Which of the following traits does NOT characterize the Old Man?
(a) Baldness.
(b) White hair.
(c) Spectacles.
(d) A white beard.

5. As Johansson wheels the Old Man quickly away from the house at the end of Act I, the Old Man tells the Student not to forget what?
(a) The Alamo.
(b) A wedding ring.
(c) Carmen.
(d) The Valkyrie.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what Biblical element does the Student allude while asking the Milkmaid to wash his eyes?

2. What surface is said to be the only reflective surface used by the Lady in Black?

3. The stage direction states that the Old Man should look at the Student with what sort of expression when the Student mentions the Milkmaid?

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

5. What is the Dead Man wearing when he emerges from the house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Which character in the play is characterized as having been born on a Sunday and why is this detail significant?

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. What is the relationship among the Colonel, the Girl, and the statue?

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

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

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

8. Who is the Dead Man?

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

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

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