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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Hedda and Brack are discussing a trip in a compartment on a train, what are they really discussing?
(a) The unexpected in life.
(b) Getting away from society.
(c) Fidelity in marriage.
(d) The importance of having good friends close by.

2. What was Hedda's life like before she married?
(a) She was a school teacher.
(b) She was the heiress to a large fortune.
(c) She was the beautiful daughter of a poor family.
(d) She was the popular daughter of a general.

3. Why might Tesman not get the professorship he was promised?
(a) There are doubts about Tesman's character.
(b) The subject of Tesman's book is irrevelant to the post.
(c) Lovborg is also being considered for the post.
(d) Tesman was gone too long on his travels.

4. Who embroidered Tesman's slippers?
(a) Berte.
(b) Julle.
(c) Hedda.
(d) His Aunt Rina.

5. What does Hedda threaten to do to Berte in Act 1 of Hedda Gabler?
(a) Send her to care for Rina.
(b) Cut her hair off.
(c) Dismiss her.
(d) Visit her every day.

6. What does Hedda dream of convincing Tesman to do?
(a) Move to the country.
(b) Get his book published.
(c) Go into politics.
(d) Become more fashionable.

7. What is the book Tesman is working on about?
(a) The role of religion in shaping the future.
(b) Cultural norms of the modern age.
(c) Domestic crafts of Brabant in the Middle Ages.
(d) The importance of family in society.

8. When Tesman and Brack first invite Lovborg to Brack's party, what does Lovborg do?
(a) Warmly accept as a way to regain old ties.
(b) Agree to stay with Hedda when she asks him to.
(c) Cautiously agree to go.
(d) Decline.

9. In Act 2, who are the two people expected to be visiting the Tesman home in the evening?
(a) Berte and Lovborg.
(b) Lovborg and Brack.
(c) Julle and Mrs Elvsted.
(d) Mrs Elvsted and Lovborg.

10. What does Lovborg want Tesman to see?
(a) That he is a better writer than Tesman.
(b) The manuscript to his next book.
(c) Evidence of his reformed ways.
(d) That he is a potential candidate for the professorship.

11. Who does Tesman invite over to their house for evening in Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) Ejlert Lovborg.
(b) Berte.
(c) Mrs Elvsted.
(d) Brack.

12. What does Julle do as soon as she enters the room in the beginning of the first act?
(a) Opens a window.
(b) Reads a manuscript.
(c) Hugs Hedda.
(d) Writes a letter.

13. What is the relationship between Tesman and Julle in the play, HEDDA GABLER?
(a) Brother and sister.
(b) Close friends.
(c) Nephew and aunt.
(d) Cousins.

14. What does Hedda complain about just after greeting Julle?
(a) Having nothing to do.
(b) How long it has been since they've met.
(c) An open window.
(d) The difficulty with servants.

15. What does Hedda confess to Brack regarding her feelings toward Tesman?
(a) She admires him greatly and will grow to love him.
(b) She adores him.
(c) She can't understand why she doesn't love him.
(d) She has never loved him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the first two characters to appear in Act 1 of Hedda Gabler?

2. What does Tesman bring home with him in the second act of HEDDA GABLER?

3. To what does Brack invite Tesman?

4. What is Brack's reaction when he realizes that Tesman is not at home and that he is alone with Hedda?

5. What was the basis of the close friendship shared by Lovborg and Mrs Elvsted?

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