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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 interest is Jean most invested in?

2. According to Christine and Jean, why did Julie and her fiancé break up?

3. How does Jean think he and Miss Julie should kill themselves?

4. When Jean leaves in Scene 2, what does Julie ask Christine about Jean?

5. In which of the following rooms does most of the action take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was special about Strindberg's writing in his time?

2. Why did Strindberg want the audience to shoulder the pity for Miss Julie?

3. During the Ballet, is this uncharacteristic behavior of the servants?

4. Are Miss Julie and Jean playful people?

5. Why does Jean compare Julie to her mother, and how is this significant?

6. What does Jean tell Christine he witnessed Julie and her fiancé doing in the stableyard and how is it significant?

7. In Scene 2, does Miss Julie care that Jean and Christine are alone together?

8. Why does Strindberg employ a pantomime?

9. How does Miss Julie show that she is ultimately in charge?

10. How does Julie show that she is in denial at the beginning of the third scene?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Freedom is a major theme in "Miss Julie." Choose three characters and identify the ways in which they try to attain freedom.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss "love" in "Miss Julie" and considering the following:

-How it's used to control situations.

-Its fair-weather nature.

-Its use as a weakness and as a tool.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Strindberg's views of the theater and his ideas about the nobility, theater, and social change.

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