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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Torvald say he felt when Nora was busy for three weeks?
(a) Things were calm and relaxing without her.
(b) He was sad to be away from her.
(c) Things were dull without her.
(d) He was relieved to not have to worry about what she was doing.

2. What inconsistency did Mrs. Linde notice in what Doctor Rank said?
(a) Doctor Rank said Krogstad was morally corrupt, but Mrs. Linde knows he's a good person.
(b) Doctor Rank said Torvald was happy about his position at the bank, but Torvald seemed upset about it.
(c) Doctor Rank said Torvald was always healthy, but Mrs. Linde knows he's been ill.
(d) Doctor Rank said he'd heard Mrs. Linde mentioned many times, but Torvald seemed not to have heard of her.

3. What does Nora threaten to throw Krogstad out of the house for?
(a) He speaks slightingly of her husband.
(b) He threatens the children.
(c) He attempts to take advantage of her.
(d) He slaps her.

4. What is Nora going to the costume ball as?
(a) a Genoan farmgirl
(b) a Corsican peasant
(c) a Sicilian dancing girl
(d) a Neapolitan fisher-girl

5. What does Nora want Mrs. Linde's help with?
(a) deciding what to wear to the costume ball
(b) coming up with a plan to protect her from Krogstad
(c) repairing her dress for the costume ball
(d) distracting Torvald while Nora does a secret errand

6. What caused Doctor Rank's illness?
(a) an inherited genetic cause
(b) an accident
(c) a venereal disease his father had
(d) exposure to weather

7. What was Nora actually doing, while Torvald thought she was making presents the past Christmas?
(a) She was having an affair.
(b) She was seeing a doctor.
(c) She was doing copying work.
(d) She was making something for Torvald.

8. What made Torvald ill?
(a) a genetic disease
(b) overwork
(c) an accident
(d) a harsh, cold winter

9. Why didn't Torvald make money at his previous profession?
(a) He didn't spend enough time on his work.
(b) He made bad investments.
(c) He would not spend money on advertising.
(d) He was too upstanding.

10. How long ago did Mrs. Linde's husband die?
(a) one year
(b) three years
(c) one month
(d) five years

11. How does Krogstad re-enter the house unnoticed by Nora?
(a) Krogstad picks the lock.
(b) Krogstad comes in through the window.
(c) The door was left ajar.
(d) Krogstad comes in through the kitchen.

12. How does Nora say Mrs. Linde looks?
(a) more tired but happier
(b) younger but sadder
(c) plumper and darker
(d) thinner and paler

13. Who did Krogstad see walking with Torvald?
(a) Doctor Rank
(b) a complete stranger
(c) Mrs. Linde
(d) Helen

14. What is Nora's relationship with her children's nurse?
(a) Nora hired the nurse when she had her first child.
(b) The nurse was Nora's nurse when she was young.
(c) Nora knew the nurse when Nora was a teenager.
(d) Nora hired the nurse when she had her third child.

15. What idea does Mrs. Linde inadvertently put into Nora's head?
(a) to claim Krogstad took unfair advantage of her
(b) to steal the incriminating paper from Krogstad
(c) to ask Doctor Rank to take responsibility for the false signature
(d) to ask Doctor Rank to help her pay off her debt

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the children feeling on Christmas Day?

2. What does Mrs. Linde say her husband left her monetarily?

3. What does Krogstad ask Nora to do for him?

4. Why did Torvald leave his office when he married Nora?

5. Where does Nora initially tell Mrs. Linde she got the money for the trip?

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