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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 Student tells the Milkmaid that he has been up all night taking part in what activity?
(a) Tending to injured people.
(b) Putting out fires.
(c) Creating sandbags.
(d) Guarding his sisters.

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

3. What distinctive outfit is the Girl wearing when she is first seen by the audience?
(a) A long cape.
(b) A men's suit.
(c) A riding habit.
(d) A wedding dress.

4. What is the Dead Man wearing when he emerges from the house?
(a) A dress.
(b) A robe.
(c) A bathing suit.
(d) A sheet.

5. What does the Milkmaid do with her cap while she washes her hands and fixes her hair?
(a) She puts it in the pocket of her dress.
(b) She hangs it on the fountain.
(c) She places it on the ground.
(d) She hangs it on the cow's horn.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Old Man tells the Student that "All help is" (5) what?

3. What is revealed to be the Old Man's surname?

4. What action does the Student take just after the Girl enters the house?

5. The Student announces toward the end of Act I that he is going to get away before what happens?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What paradoxical statement does Johansson make about the link between the Old Man and trust?

6. Who is the Dead Man?

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

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

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

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

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