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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. What object does the Girl drop out of the window in Act I?
(a) An earring.
(b) A ring.
(c) A bracelet.
(d) A necklace.
2. The Student remarks that what activity has "become one of the fine arts these days" (4)?
(a) Persuading other people.
(b) Robbing other people.
(c) Emulating other people.
(d) Slandering other people.
3. The Old Man asks which character to wheel him around the corner so he can eavesdrop from the back door of the house?
(a) The Student.
(b) The Lady in Black.
(c) The Girl.
(d) Johansson.
4. Which character returns the Girl's piece of jewelry after she drops it out of the window?
(a) The Student.
(b) The Caretaker's Wife.
(c) The Lady in Black.
(d) The Old Man.
5. What is the Old Man reading the first time the audience sees him onstage?
(a) A magazine.
(b) An eviction notice.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) An arrest warrant.
Short Answer Questions
1. The stage direction states that the Old Man should look at the Student with what sort of expression when the Student mentions the Milkmaid?
2. On what day of the week does the play's narrative begin?
3. The Old Man tells the student, "Serve me and you shall be a lord of" (11) what?
4. The Student asks the Milkmaid if he might borrow which object?
5. What does the Milkmaid do with her cap while she washes her hands and fixes her hair?
Short Essay Questions
1. What were the circumstances behind the second marriage between the Colonel and the Mummy?
2. What claim does the Old Man make about altruism and what does the claim demonstrate about his character?
3. How does the Old Man first come into contact with the Student in Act I?
4. Why does the Student begin to cry once he has seen the Girl?
5. Who is the Dead Man?
6. Which character in the play is characterized as having been born on a Sunday and why is this detail significant?
7. Who is the Lady in Black and what is her purpose?
8. What does the Old Man ask of the Student in lieu of the money he claims the Student's father still owes him?
9. What claims does the Old Man make about the Student's father in Act I?
10. What supreme desire does the Old Man claim to hold dear when he speaks to the Student?
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