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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. Which character is revealed to have paid all of the Colonel's outstanding debts?
(a) The Old Man.
(b) The Student.
(c) The Mummy.
(d) The Girl.

2. The Old Man orders everyone to leave the ghost supper, with the exception of which two characters?
(a) The Lady in Black and the Colonel.
(b) The Mummy and the Girl.
(c) The Girl and the Lady in Black.
(d) The Student and the Girl.

3. The Old Man tells the Mummy that her husband is pursuing a divorce so that he can marry the daughter of which character?
(a) The Old Man.
(b) The Dead Man.
(c) The Colonel.
(d) Bengtsson.

4. Bengtsson says that the statue in the Round Room is a depiction of which character's youth?
(a) The Colonel's.
(b) The Milkmaid's.
(c) The Old Man's.
(d) The Mummy's.

5. What object does the Colonel have in his hand when he enters the Round Room in Act II?
(a) A letter.
(b) A drink.
(c) A knife.
(d) A rope.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Old Man asserts that only how many deceptive witnesses are needed in order to "prove anything about which they have agreed," (30) according to the Old Man?

2. The event discussed in Act II is called what kind of a supper?

3. Which member of the household is depicted as knowing the most about each inhabitant's secrets and truths?

4. Bengtsson claims that the Mummy has been living in the house for how many years?

5. What does the Old Man do when he is given a particular instruction by the Colonel in Act II?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two favors does the Old Man ask of the Colonel in return for paying off the Colonel's debts?

2. When the Old Man declares everything in the Colonel's house as now belonging to him, what items does the Colonel claim can never be taken away from him?

3. What does the Old Man mean when he tells Bengtsson that his visit to the house is "not unexpected," though he knows it is certainly "undesired" (21)?

4. For what reason is the Mummy "unable to tolerate" the "sight of her own daughter" (19)?

5. What do the flower bulbs within the Hyacinth Room represent?

6. In what way does the motif of dreams emerge within Act II and why does Strindberg use the motif to show a similarity between the Student and Johannson?

7. Describe the statue that is part of the Round Room's set.

8. What threat does the Old Man make to the hosts of the ghost supper and how does the Mummy respond?

9. What instruction does the Mummy give to the Old Man when she leaves him alone with the Colonel?

10. What truth is eventually revealed about the connection between the Milkmaid and the Old Man?

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