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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. Whose biological daughter is the Girl?
2. What is the Dead Man wearing when he emerges from the house?
3. The Old Man tells the Student that he has no heirs except one son, whom he describes in what way?
4. Which character is the Old Man clearly unable to see within Act I?
5. The Student tells the Milkmaid that he has been up all night taking part in what activity?
Short Essay Questions
1. What circumstances had led the Student to the scene of the collapsed house the night before the narrative present?
2. Why does the Student begin to cry once he has seen the Girl?
3. What is demonstrated about the Student's character within his response to the Old Man's accusations against the Student's father?
4. In what way does Strindberg use physicality to illustrate the tyranny present within the Old Man's character?
5. What is the relationship among the Colonel, the Girl, and the statue?
6. What information does the Student learn about the Old Man's treatment of the powerful during his conversation with Johansson?
7. What explanation does the Student eventually give to the Milkmaid about his disheveled appearance?
8. Which character in the play is characterized as having been born on a Sunday and why is this detail significant?
9. Who is the Dead Man?
10. What does the Old Man ask of the Student in lieu of the money he claims the Student's father still owes him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Strindberg’s messages about guilt and responsibility within The Ghost Sonata.
Essay Topic 2
What messages does Strindberg send about hope and what themes are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?
Essay Topic 3
How are the topics of romantic relationships, love, and sex treated within the play The Ghost Sonata and how does their treatment relate to the play's depicted messages?
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