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

2. What aspect of the Student's persona causes the Old Man to ask if the young man knows a Mr. Arkenholtz?
(a) His speech.
(b) His vulnerability.
(c) His expression.
(d) His sense of humor.

3. At what time of day does the play open?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Evening.
(c) Afternoon.
(d) Morning.

4. The Old Man asks the Student whether he is related to a man named Mr. Arkenholtz, who works in what capacity?
(a) As a merchant.
(b) As a professor.
(c) As a butcher.
(d) As a farmer.

5. Who else will be in attendance at The Valkyrie, causing the Old Man to hope that the Student will meet him there?
(a) A magistrate.
(b) A consul.
(c) A priest.
(d) The Colonel.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Old Man tells the Student that he has no heirs except one son, whom he describes in what way?

2. What distinctive outfit is the Girl wearing when she is first seen by the audience?

3. What is the first major task the Old Man assigns to the Student?

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

5. What item does the Milkmaid use to look at her reflection as she is fixing her hair?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Provide evidence for the conclusion that the Student believes at least part of the Old Man's claim about 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. What information does the Student learn about the Old Man's treatment of the powerful during his conversation with Johansson?

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

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

8. In what way does Strindberg use physicality to illustrate the tyranny present within the Old Man's character?

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

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

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