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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Hedda feel about the house she lives in?
(a) She thinks the house will be good for raising a family.
(b) She loves the way the house has been furnished.
(c) She thinks it smells of old ladies and death.
(d) She thinks the house is plain and depressing.

3. What did Julle buy in honor of Hedda?
(a) A hat.
(b) A book.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A dress.

4. To whom does Hedda not speak in Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) Brack.
(b) Tesman.
(c) Berte.
(d) Lovborg.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the letter sent in Act 1 of HEDDA GABLE propose to do?

2. What is the relationship between Tesman and Julle in the play, HEDDA GABLER?

3. Why did Tesman buy the house he did?

4. What does Tesman ask of Hedda in Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?

5. In the second act, what do we learn about the hat incident?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Act 2 of HEDDA GABLER, Hedda tells Lovborg that her not daring to shoot him when their previous friendship ended was an act of cowardice, for fear of a scandal, but that it was not her greatest act of cowardice that evening. What do you think she is alluding to as her greatest act of cowardice?

2. Despite it's great reception, what does Lovborg say about the book of his that was recently published? What about the next one?

3. What does Hedda give Lovborg as a keepsake as he leaves her house in Act 3?

4. In Act 4, what does Brack tell everyone at the Tesman household happened to Lovborg? What did he tell Hedda was the truth when he was alone with her?

5. Why didn't Tesman tell anyone he had Lovborg's manuscript? What were his plans with it?

6. What reason does Hedda give Tesman for burning the manuscript?

7. Describe the incident with the hat in Act 1 of Hedda Gabler.

8. At the end of Act 3, what does Hedda say to Lovborg about vine leaves? Why?

9. Tesman foresees many months of work to reconstruct the manuscript. How does he recommend they all arrange themselves while the work is going on?

10. Who was Hedda Gabler before she married Tesman? What was her life like?

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