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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 characterizes Tesman's feeling towards Julle?
(a) Bossy and callous.
(b) Afectionate and doting.
(c) Tolerant and accepting.
(d) Intimidated and reverent.

2. 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) Cautiously agree to go.
(c) Agree to stay with Hedda when she asks him to.
(d) Decline.

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

4. In Act 1, what is the role of Berte in the household?
(a) Housemaid.
(b) Visiting relative.
(c) Landlord.
(d) Neighbor.

5. To what does Brack invite Tesman?
(a) A stag dinner.
(b) A literary gathering.
(c) A party at the home of a wealthy relative.
(d) A discussion of the professorship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would best characterize the way Hedda greets Julle?

2. Why is Mrs Elvsted uneasy talking about her home life?

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

4. What state of mind is Mrs Elvsted in when she arrives?

5. What does Hedda confess to Brack regarding her feelings toward Tesman?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Julle and Tesman discuss Hedda, what do they usually focus on?

2. Hedda does two things in Act 1 that make Julle uneasy. What are they, and why did they make Julle uneasy?

3. What is the only thing that Mrs. Elvsted knows about the woman from Lovborg's past?

4. In Act 2 of HEDDA GABLER, what do we learn about the hat incident of Act I that was not divulged to us at the time?

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 What does Tesman say about the unpublished manuscript that Lovborg read to him at Brack's party?

6. What does the letter from Julle tell Tesman about Rina? What are Tesman and Hedda's responses?

7. What reason does Hedda give Lovborg for her asking him all the details of his dissolute life when they knew each other previously?

8. At the end of Act 1, what is the one thing Hedda says she still has one thing to amuse herself with?

9. 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?

10. What does Hedda do to Brack when he approaches at the very beginning of Act 2 of HEDDA GABLER?

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