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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Once the Student reveals that he has heard the Old Man's name before, the Old Man says he supposes that his name had been mentioned "with a certain" (5) what?
2. Whose biological daughter is the Girl?
3. The Student asks the Milkmaid to dip what object into the water before washing his eyes with it?
4. How does the Milkmaid respond to the student's request that she "bathe [his] eyes" (3)?
5. The student is urged to take the hand of the Old Man in order to detect what quality?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the Student begin to cry once he has seen the Girl?
2. What reaction by the Milkmaid causes the Student to become surprised at the beginning of the play and why?
3. Who is the Lady in Black and what is her purpose?
4. Who is the Dead Man?
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. In what way does Strindberg use physicality to illustrate the tyranny present within the Old Man's character?
7. What supreme desire does the Old Man claim to hold dear when he speaks to the Student?
8. What information does the Student learn about the Old Man's treatment of the powerful during his conversation with Johansson?
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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the roles of the Mummy, the Dead Man, and the Milkmaid within the text of The Ghost Sonata. How does Strindberg use each character’s depiction in order to highlight themes depicted within the overall narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of The Ghost Sonata and analyze Strindberg’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 3
What messages does Strindberg send about hope and what themes are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?
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