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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. What did Christine lose?

2. How long has Christine been seeing the Angel?

3. How did the former managers communicate with the ghost?

4. What do the managers do with Box Five first?

5. How does Christine dress to meet Raoul?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Raoul’s opinion of Erik?

2. What season is it ? How do we know?

3. Who, or what, follows Raoul and Christine to the roof?

4. How do the old managers react to the tickets they are sent?

5. Why does the stable-master want to sack his staff?

6. Who are Professor and Madame Valerius?

7. What has Erik mastered in the opera house to allow him to spy?

8. Why are the managers to blame for the chandelier, according to the inquest?

9. How does Buquet describe the Opera Ghost?

10. What happens to the stage and the décor when the managers go to the box?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Raoul’s brother seems to be an important character, and yet dies during the book. Why does he die? Is this a heroic death? Do you think he would be proud of what happened to him?

Essay Topic 2

There are several real-life elements from the book that are actually true. Research these real-life examples and compare and contrast them to the society in the book.

Essay Topic 3

The relationship between Christine and Raoul is equally complex. What are Raoul’s dominant characteristics? How do these support or go against characteristics prevalent in the society of the Opera House? Finally, what (in your opinion) is Raoul’s fate?

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