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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. What does Strindberg allow the actors to do?

2. What does Miss Julie say will happen after she has been with Jean for two years?

3. In Scene 1, what idea does Jean begin to formulate in regards to Christine and Julie?

4. Where did Miss Julie's family sleep when they did not have a home?

5. What stands on the left of the kitchen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Miss Julie want Jean to call her only Julie?

2. Does class matter to Miss Julie?

3. What does the audience anticipate for the third scene?

4. What does Jean whisper in Julie's ear, and what does it signify?

5. What does Julie need to accomplish to have a peaceful life?

6. How do Jean's feelings toward Julie change in the fourth scene?

7. What do Christine's actions say about her?

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

9. Why does Miss Julie ask Jean to call her just "Julie?"

10. What do Jean and Christine discuss as the play opens, and why is it significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of the following people and outline their influence on Julie's life:

1. Her father

2. His mother

3. His fiance

4. Jean

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