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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. The Old Man tells the Mummy that her husband is pursuing a divorce so that he can marry the daughter of which character?
(a) The Old Man.
(b) Bengtsson.
(c) The Colonel.
(d) The Dead Man.

2. What beverage is said to always be drunk at the supper discussed in Act II?
(a) Milk.
(b) Tea.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Wine.

3. What is NOT a role the Colonel ascribes to the Student?
(a) Poet.
(b) Musician.
(c) Intellectual.
(d) Singer.

4. Whose fiancee is Beatrice von Holsteinkrona?
(a) The Colonel's.
(b) Bergtsson's.
(c) The Old Man's.
(d) Johansson's.

5. The Old Man threatens to take what action if the people he has ordered to leave do not comply?
(a) He will start rumors about them.
(b) He will kill them.
(c) He will disown them.
(d) He will have them arrested.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is revealed to have paid all of the Colonel's outstanding debts?

2. What does the Mummy do when the cupboard door is opened?

3. To whom is the Mummy married in the narrative present?

4. The Mummy claims that which member of the family had forced her to lie about her age?

5. Whose mistress is Beatrice von Holsteinkrona?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the Mummy's first words within the play and what is the significance of her first words?

2. What does the Colonel have in his hand when he first meets the Old Man and what is the object's significance?

3. When the Old Man declares everything in the Colonel's house as now belonging to him, what items does the Colonel claim can never be taken away from him?

4. How is the theme of authenticity linked with a particular character within Act II and for what purpose does Strindberg make this connection?

5. What do the flower bulbs within the Hyacinth Room represent?

6. In what way does the Old Man respond to the Colonel's claim that he has two things that the Old Man "cannot possess" (25)?

7. What does the Old Man mean when he tells Bengtsson that his visit to the house is "not unexpected," though he knows it is certainly "undesired" (21)?

8. Discuss a moment in the play when a character uses a literary device in conjunction with the topic of animals.

9. Which character is depicted within the portrait in the Round Room and what is the portrait's symbolism?

10. Discuss an instance when Strindberg uses the music motif in conjunction with an instance of foreshadowing.

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