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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. Where did Jean learn to tell stories?

2. What food does Christine fix for Jean?

3. People in Strindberg's time are unable to accept ______ as a part of life.

4. According to Jean, how long has he been in love with Julie?

5. What does Jean want from Miss Julie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Christine do while Jean and Julie go out dancing?

2. How does Jean persuade Julie to go up to his room?

3. How does Jean react when Julie insists that she take the canary with her?

4. What does this scene show that both Julie and Jean struggle with?

5. What might Christine be thinking about Jean in Pantomime?

6. Why does Julie claim that a servant is just a servant when regarding Christine? What does this reveal about Julie?

7. Why is Christine the sole character in the pantomime?

8. How does Strindberg convey Miss Julie's mental state in the preface?

9. What is true and false in Scene 3?

10. Why do Julie and Jean go to Jean's room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Parallel the environment of "Miss Julie" with the play, plot, and characters.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of class in the play.

1. How are the characters confined by the conditions of their birth?

2. Who tries to rise above his or her class position and why?

3. Who embraces her or his class position and why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship between truth and fiction in "Miss Julie."

1. How does Jean tell the truth in his lies to Julie?

2. How do Julie's lies to herself betray the truth?

3. Who understands the difference between truth and fiction?

4. Identify the most honest characters in the play.

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