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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 language do Jean and Miss Julie speak together?
(a) Spanish.
(b) German.
(c) English.
(d) French.

2. What does Jean want to drink with his food?
(a) Water.
(b) Beer.
(c) White wine.
(d) Red wine.

3. According to Strindberg, "I have made an attempt. If it proves a ______, there is ______ of time to try over again."
(a) Failure; no.
(b) Success; no.
(c) Failure; plenty.
(d) Success; plenty.

4. What does the holiday inspire in people?
(a) Somber observance.
(b) Liveliness.
(c) Drunkenness.
(d) Deception.

5. Why does Julie want to dance with Jean?
(a) She wants to gain popularity.
(b) She has feelings for him.
(c) She wants to hurt Christine.
(d) He's the best dancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Christine serve to Jean?

2. In Scene 2, what does Julie ask Jean to do with his clothes?

3. What celebration is the setting of the play?

4. What does Miss Julie say she would like to do with Jean in the future?

5. What element of Strindberg's style is displayed in Pantomime?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Strindberg's purpose in having a Chorus?

2. How does Jean try to manipulate both Julie and Christine?

3. How does Christine become the final arbiter of Julie's fate?

4. Why does Jean insist to Julie that there must be formality between them, and what does this signify?

5. Why does it give Jean satisfaction to realize, "It is the glitter of brass, not gold, that dazzles us from below"?

6. What is the audience's responsibility in Scene 3?

7. Why does Jean grow impatient with Julie's intoxicated pleas for help for her situation?

8. What is Julie's recurring dream and what can it be a metaphor for?

9. What might Christine be thinking about Jean in Pantomime?

10. How does Christine respond to Julie's flirtatious behavior toward Jean, and what does it indicate about Christine's position?

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