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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Dramatis Personae Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Strindberg's plays offer to playwrighting?
(a) He influences plays to be shorter.
(b) He influences plays to be more romantic.
(c) He pushes playwrighting into modernity.
(d) He introduces sci-fi.

2. What is the statue described in the stage direction of Scene 1?
(a) Miss Julie.
(b) Venus.
(c) A child.
(d) Cupid.

3. Which of the following two people do the other two characters refer to during the play?
(a) Rubi and Klara.
(b) The Count and Isabelle.
(c) The Count and Klara.
(d) Sophie and Margo.

4. In scene 1, the Count leaves to do what?
(a) Travel abroad.
(b) Attend business.
(c) Visit family.
(d) Go sightseeing.

5. What does Jean come back into the kitchen wearing?
(a) A black hat and a black shirt.
(b) A black jacket and a pair of black pants.
(c) A pair of black pants and a black shirt.
(d) A black skirt and black hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Jean see through the window?

2. What does Jean carry into the kitchen?

3. What is Strindberg's aim in disclosing so much in the preface?

4. What does Strindberg express about writing "Miss Julie" in the preface?

5. What does Christine want Jean to drink with his food?

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