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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 lady in black and the student.
(b) The girl and the student.
(c) The caretaker's wife and the colonel.
(d) The student and the old man.

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

3. The Student quips that he had entered the world during what type of "proceedings" (4)?
(a) Tax audit.
(b) Homicide investigation.
(c) Bankruptcy.
(d) Divorce.

4. What is revealed to be the Old Man's surname?
(a) Hanger.
(b) Hummel.
(c) Halstrom.
(d) Heinrich.

5. As Johansson wheels the Old Man quickly away from the house at the end of Act I, the Old Man tells the Student not to forget what?
(a) Carmen.
(b) A wedding ring.
(c) The Valkyrie.
(d) The Alamo.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what object will the Dead Man gaze when he emerges from the house, according to the Old Man?

2. The stage direction states that the Old Man should look at the Student with what sort of expression when the Student mentions the Milkmaid?

3. Once the Student reveals that he has heard the Old Man's name before, the Old Man says he supposes that his name had been mentioned "with a certain" (5) what?

4. The Student asks the Milkmaid if he might borrow which object?

5. How does the Student respond when the Old Man asks if he is "a gambler" (7)?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What supreme desire does the Old Man claim to hold dear when he speaks to the Student?

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

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

5. What information does the Student learn about the Old Man's treatment of the powerful during his conversation with Johansson?

6. How does the Old Man first come into contact with the Student in Act I?

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

8. What circumstances had led the Student to the scene of the collapsed house the night before the narrative present?

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

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

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