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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 eventually revealed to be the Girl's first name?
(a) Marie.
(b) Amelia.
(c) Annika.
(d) Adele.
2. Who suggests that the guests at the ghost supper be served tea?
(a) The Mummy.
(b) The Colonel.
(c) Johansson.
(d) The Old Man.
3. The Old Man accuses the Colonel of committing what transgression?
(a) Bigamy.
(b) Usury.
(c) Stealing his fiancee.
(d) Shirking his own marital duties.
4. To what role is Bengtsson assigned during the ghost supper?
(a) Polishing silver.
(b) Washing dishes.
(c) Announcing guests.
(d) Taking coats.
5. What does the Old Man want the Colonel to do with his own "devoted servant" (25)?
(a) Fire him.
(b) Imprison him.
(c) Interrogate him.
(d) Kill him.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which character is revealed to have paid all of the Colonel's outstanding debts?
2. By which body part does the Old Man seize Johansson when he first arrives at the ghost supper and spies Johansson?
3. Whose fiancee is Beatrice von Holsteinkrona?
4. To whom does the Old Man want to marry the Girl?
5. To whom is the Mummy married in the narrative present?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the Mummy's first words within the play and what is the significance of her first words?
2. In what way does the Old Man respond to the Colonel's claim that he has two things that the Old Man "cannot possess" (25)?
3. Where are the Student and the Girl when the Mummy forces the Old Man into the cupboard and why is this detail significant?
4. What events lead the Old Man to conclude that the "place is haunted" (21)?
5. For what reason is the Mummy "unable to tolerate" the "sight of her own daughter" (19)?
6. What is the significance of the Colonel's retort to the Old Man's claim that Bengtsson "is not the man he appears to be" (25)?
7. How does Strindberg subvert traditional notions about family within Act II?
8. What do the flower bulbs within the Hyacinth Room represent?
9. Identify an instance of comic relief within the play and discuss its purpose.
10. What does the Colonel have in his hand when he first meets the Old Man and what is the object's significance?
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