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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. Which characters are able to see the Milkmaid when she appears at the end of Act I?
(a) The girl and the student.
(b) The caretaker's wife and the colonel.
(c) The student and the old man.
(d) The lady in black and the student.

2. When the Student appears for the first time, he walks directly up to what object?
(a) The mailbox.
(b) The fountain.
(c) The lamp post.
(d) The cow.

3. Act I of The Ghost Sonata begins just outside of what type of structure?
(a) A brothel.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A library.
(d) A house.

4. What distinctive outfit is the Girl wearing when she is first seen by the audience?
(a) A wedding dress.
(b) A long cape.
(c) A men's suit.
(d) A riding habit.

5. The Old Man tells the student, "Serve me and you shall be a lord of" (11) what?
(a) Success.
(b) The manor.
(c) Creation.
(d) Existence.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Student asks the Milkmaid to dip what object into the water before washing his eyes with it?

2. The Old Man asks the Student to push his wheelchair to what location in his first such request?

3. The Student quips that he had entered the world during what type of "proceedings" (4)?

4. What color is the Milkmaid's cap?

5. When the Student first asks Johansson what the Old Man is "after," (14) what is the Student's initial guess?

Short Essay Questions

1. Provide evidence for the conclusion that the Student believes at least part of the Old Man's claim about the Student's father.

2. How does the Student respond to the Old Man's claims about the supposed transgressions committed by the Student's father?

3. What explanation does the Student eventually give to the Milkmaid about his disheveled appearance?

4. What reaction by the Milkmaid causes the Student to become surprised at the beginning of the play and why?

5. What were the circumstances behind the second marriage between the Colonel and the Mummy?

6. What does the Old Man ask of the Student in lieu of the money he claims the Student's father still owes him?

7. What is the relationship among the Colonel, the Girl, and the statue?

8. What is the first indication of menace within the Old Man's interactions with the Student?

9. What paradoxical statement does Johansson make about the link between the Old Man and trust?

10. What mystery about the Milkmaid remains intact throughout the entirety of Act I and beyond?

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