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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hedda do with a pistol as Lovborg prepares to leave?
(a) She lays it on the table in the entry way.
(b) She tries to hide it from Lovborg.
(c) She fires it in the air.
(d) She gives it to him as a 'keepsake'.

2. What is the thing that Hedda fights hardest for?
(a) Amusement.
(b) Power.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Love.

3. What becomes apparent as soon as Hedda and Lovborg converse alone?
(a) Lovborg is jealous of Tesman's success.
(b) Hedda wishes she had married Lovborg.
(c) Hedda and Lovborg have been very close.
(d) Hedda is angry at Lovborg for an unknown reason.

4. What are Mrs. Elvsted's plans when she leaves the Tesman household in Act 3 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) She has no plans and nowhere to go.
(b) She is going to attempt to purchase the manuscript back from Miss Diana.
(c) She is going to look for the missing manuscript.
(d) She is going to return to her husband.

5. Of what does Lovborg accuse Mrs. Elvsted?
(a) That she wanted to control him.
(b) That she was working with her husband to watch out for him.
(c) That she was trying to credit for his reformation.
(d) That she was trying to prevent him from publishing his book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hedda understand is the real point of Brack's story?

2. Where did Lovborg go after he was at Brack's?

3. Before he leaves, what does Lovborg promise to do?

4. At the end of Act 2, what does Hedda confess to Mrs Elvsted that she wants out of the whole situation?

5. What does Hedda claim were her motives in their prior experiences together?

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