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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lovborg's response to Hedda's revelation about Mr Elvsted?
(a) He makes a toast with a glass of punch, to 'the truth'.
(b) He laughs at Mrs Elvsted.
(c) He brushes it off and admonishes Hedda.
(d) He grows angry and embarrassed, and decides to leave with Tesman and Brack.

2. What role did Ejlert Lovborg play in the Elvsted household prior to the happenings in the play Hedda Gabler?
(a) He was a distant relation.
(b) He tutored the children.
(c) He was the protege of Mr Elvsted.
(d) He was a close friend of Mr Elvsted.

3. What does Hedda divulge to Lovborg that Mrs Elvsted did not want known?
(a) That she was jealous of Hedda.
(b) That she had left her husband.
(c) That she had been a flame of Tesman's.
(d) That she was anxious about Lovborg's fortitude.

4. What does Tesman focus on when he talks about the future?
(a) His career.
(b) Raising a family.
(c) Spending time with his wife.
(d) Making a fortune.

5. What does Hedda claim were her motives in their prior experiences together?
(a) To make him forget everything but her.
(b) A look into a world that she is supposed to know nothing about.
(c) To inspire him.
(d) To reform him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Mrs Elvsted been in town?

2. What is the only thing that Mrs Elvsted knows about the woman whose shadow stands between her and Lovborg?

3. What does Hedda do when Brack arrives in the beginning of Act 2 of HEDDA GABLER?

4. What does Tesman ask Berte to put away for him?

5. What does Hedda first tell Lovborg when he continually declines the cold punch she offered him?

(see the answer key)

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