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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. The old man says that he had been engaged to the lady in black how many years before the narrative present?
2. The Student asks the Milkmaid if he might borrow which object?
3. When the Student finds he is unable to free his hand from the Old Man's grasp, the Old Man says that before he dies, he wants to make which character happy?
4. What color is the Milkmaid's cap?
5. Whose biological daughter is the Girl?
Short Essay Questions
1. What information does the Student learn about the Old Man's treatment of the powerful during his conversation with Johansson?
2. How does the Old Man first come into contact with the Student in Act I?
3. What claims does the Old Man make about the Student's father in Act I?
4. Why does the Student begin to cry once he has seen the Girl?
5. What circumstances had led the Student to the scene of the collapsed house the night before the narrative present?
6. What is the first indication of menace within the Old Man's interactions with the Student?
7. What were the circumstances behind the second marriage between the Colonel and the Mummy?
8. What paradoxical statement does Johansson make about the link between the Old Man and trust?
9. What claim does the Old Man make about altruism and what does the claim demonstrate about his character?
10. Why does the Old Man instruct the Student to reserve "a ticket for seat eighty-two in the sixth row" (6) at the opera?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Strindberg’s messages about guilt and responsibility within The Ghost Sonata.
Essay Topic 2
Explicate the theme of altruism within The Ghost Sonata. What is Strindberg’s message regarding the performance of good deeds and how do you know?
Essay Topic 3
Examine Strindberg’s use of characterization methods to portray the student within the narrative. What effects do these characterization methods have on the themes and messages inherent in The Ghost Sonata?
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