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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. Which of the following best describes Mrs Elvsted's marriage?
(a) Passionate and unwise.
(b) Abusive and horrible.
(c) Loveless and convenient.
(d) Comfortable and satisfactory.

2. Who are the first two characters to appear in Act 1 of Hedda Gabler?
(a) Tesman and Berte.
(b) Jorgen and Hedda.
(c) Julle and Tesman.
(d) Julle and Berte.

3. What is the one thing that Hedda says she has an aptitude for?
(a) Light conversation.
(b) To dance and be merry.
(c) To bore herself.
(d) To be a wife.

4. Why did Tesman buy the house he did?
(a) It was the only one he could afford.
(b) It was close to his work.
(c) He believed Hedda wanted it more than any other.
(d) It had many rooms for raising a family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lovborg say about his recently published book?

2. When Julle leaves at the end of Act 1, what are her plans for returning?

3. Who embroidered Tesman's slippers?

4. Which of the following best characterizes Tesman's feeling towards Julle?

5. From their conversation, what can one infer about Brack and Hedda in Act 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Hedda give Brack for her marrying Tesman?

2. How did Hedda enjoy her honeymoon with Tesman?

3. How much interest does Hedda show in getting along with all the Tesman family? Give an example.

4. What do Julle and Tesman allude to when they talk about Hedda "filling out"? How does Hedda feel about it?

5. 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?

6. What does Tesman say about the unpublished manuscript that Lovborg read to him at Brack's party?

7. What is Mrs. Elvsted's state of mind when she first enters the Tesman household? Why?

8. What do Tesman and Hedda discuss at the end of Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER that causes severe disappointment to Hedda?

9. What does Hedda learn from Mrs.1Elvsted when they speak alone in Act I of Hedda Gabler that Mrs Elvsted had concealed from Tesman?

10. The morning after the party at Brack's house, what is the situation like at the Tesman household?

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