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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. Which member of Miss Julie's family was ill during her childhood?

2. Who helped Miss Julie's family find a new home?

3. What does Jean want from Miss Julie?

4. Where is Jean during the pantomime?

5. What celebration is the setting of the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Christine think she and Jean should quit working for the family?

2. What does Jean admit he lied to Julie about regarding his story of the oat bin? What does the true story reveal about Julie?

3. What is Jean's true motive for sleeping with Julie?

4. Describe the setting and its significance as the play opens.

5. What does Julie request of Jean when she enters the kitchen, and why is this significant?

6. According to Jean, why is Julie "lucky?"

7. How is Miss Julie "too stuck-up in some ways and not proud enough in others?"

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

9. Describe Christine's reaction to the music and why it is significant.

10. How does Jean react when Julie insists that she take the canary with her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the generation gap between younger and the older characters. What different experiences did both generations go through? What problems is the generation gap causing the characters? Is generational gap expressed in MISS JULIE particularly widespread during this time or is a wide generational gap common to all ages?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the "dirt" imagery in "Miss Julie."

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