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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 the Count think Raoul shot?

2. What does Richard want to do with the ghost?

3. Where does Raoul find Christine after she goes through the mirror?

4. Which train does Raoul take in the end?

5. What does Meg think about Christine’s singing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Christine’s plan to escape?

2. What do the managers tell Raoul Christine has taken?

3. How does Buquet describe the Opera Ghost?

4. What is the point of the metaphor that Leroux uses about life in Paris?

5. How do the new managers react to rumors of the ghost?

6. Why are Debienne and Poligny leaving?

7. Why does the stable-master want to sack his staff?

8. How do the old managers react to the tickets they are sent?

9. What does the General ask Laroux to do?

10. What happens when the new managers try to sell the box?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Appearance of the women is hardly mentioned in the context of the novel. Why might this be significant, especially given the time?

Essay Topic 2

The Opera House is a world of its own. Explore the basis of this society. How has it organized itself, and for what reasons?

Essay Topic 3

The title of the book, “The Phantom of the Opera” uses the term “phantom,” which does not appear anywhere else in the book. What are the possible meanings of this title? Why might Leroux have chosen the word “Phantom” to describe Erik, rather than something else?

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