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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Strindberg allow the actors to do?
(a) Improvise.
(b) Sing.
(c) Change.
(d) Rest.

2. Where do Jean and Miss Julie hide from the peasants?
(a) Christine's room.
(b) Jean's room.
(c) On the balcony.
(d) Miss Julie's room.

3. Why did Miss Julie's mother not want to give birth to Miss Julie?
(a) She didn't want to mother one of the counts children.
(b) She felt a child would imprision her.
(c) She wanted to have a boy.
(d) She didn't want to have a child.

4. What does Miss Julie say will happen after she has been with Jean for two years?
(a) She will find God.
(b) She will divorce him.
(c) She will die.
(d) She will fall pregnant.

5. What are the characters celebrating?
(a) Midsummer's Night.
(b) The Count's birthday.
(c) Good Friday.
(d) Christmas.

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

7. Why does Strindberg not use intermissions?
(a) To save time.
(b) To sabotage concession stands.
(c) To torture the audience.
(d) To keep the mood.

8. What does Christine do with the item she finds on the table during the pantomime?
(a) She smells, smooths, and folds it.
(b) She irons and folds it.
(c) She opens it.
(d) She opens, smooths, and folds it.

9. In Scene 1, what does Christine believe Jean will do in regards to Julie?
(a) Disobey Julie and disgrace the Count.
(b) Honor Julie and be true.
(c) Honor Christine and be true.
(d) Obey Julie and disgrace Christine.

10. According to Strindberg, what interrupts the mood of the play?
(a) Dance.
(b) Sets.
(c) Intermission.
(d) Music.

11. What does Strindberg NOT divide the scenes with?
(a) Monologue.
(b) Pantomime.
(c) Dance.
(d) Music.

12. What is Jean and Christine's relationship NOT based on?
(a) Respect.
(b) Money.
(c) Love.
(d) Power.

13. According to Strindberg, what cause is NOT attributable to Julie's suicide?
(a) Her upbringing.
(b) Her recent breakup.
(c) Jean.
(d) Christine.

14. In what way is Julie lower class, according to Jean and Christine?
(a) In her preferences.
(b) In her carriage.
(c) In her hygiene.
(d) In her speech.

15. Where does Miss Julie ask Jean to kiss her?
(a) On the cheek.
(b) On the glove.
(c) On the head.
(d) On the shoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of capital does Jean say he has?

2. Miss Julie's relationship with class, although indecisive, displays _______.

3. What does Jean tell Julie about the servants in Scene 1?

4. What does Julie disregard in Scene 1 regarding Jean and Christine?

5. How did Miss Julie's father try to kill himself?

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