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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, "Serve me and you shall be a lord of" (11) what?
(a) Existence.
(b) Creation.
(c) The manor.
(d) Success.

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

3. What incentive does Johansson name as the one that drives the Old Man?
(a) Fun.
(b) Money.
(c) Power.
(d) Chaos.

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. In what way is the Girl said to thank the person who returns her piece of jewelry after she drops it?
(a) Angrily.
(b) Stiffly.
(c) Graciously.
(d) Flirtatiously.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. On what day of the week does the play's narrative begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who is the Dead Man?

7. What circumstances had led the Student to the scene of the collapsed house the night before the narrative present?

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

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

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

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