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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 is the first major task the Old Man assigns to the Student?
(a) Attending the opera.
(b) Attending the coronation.
(c) Attending the symphony.
(d) Attending a circus performance.

2. As the curtain rises on Act I, what sound can be heard?
(a) Birds singing.
(b) Children laughing.
(c) Church bells ringing.
(d) Women wailing.

3. What is the Student's response when the Old Man asks him if he is wealthy?
(a) He says that he is moderately wealthy.
(b) He says that he lives near the poverty line.
(c) He says he is the exact opposite.
(d) He says that he is enormously wealthy.

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

5. The Student remarks that what activity has "become one of the fine arts these days" (4)?
(a) Slandering other people.
(b) Robbing other people.
(c) Emulating other people.
(d) Persuading other people.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Student tells the Old Man that he is studying what subject?

2. In the central foreground of Act I is a green object of what type?

3. The Student asks the Milkmaid if he might borrow which object?

4. How does the Student respond when the Old Man asks if he is "a gambler" (7)?

5. The Old Man tells the Student that the "most conspicuous thing" (9) about the Dead Man had been what element?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who is the Lady in Black and what is her purpose?

9. What were the circumstances behind the second marriage between the Colonel and the Mummy?

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

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