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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What final doubt does Krogstad have about Mrs. Linde?
(a) He thinks she may be sacrificing herself to save Nora.
(b) He thinks she may want to be a mother more than she wants to be a wife.
(c) He thinks she may be using him because she's lonely.
(d) He thinks she may be using him to get money.

2. What's the first thing Krogstad suggests Nora is considering?
(a) turning herself over to the police
(b) killing him
(c) running away
(d) stealing the bond

3. How does Nora answer, when Torvald asks if she understands what she has done?
(a) She says that she understood from the beginning.
(b) She says that yes, she is beginning to understand.
(c) She says that she never understood.
(d) She says that she doesn't know what it means anymore.

4. What reason does Nora give the maid to keep Krogstad's visit secret?
(a) She says it's none of the maid's business.
(b) She says it's a present for the children.
(c) She says it's a surprise for her husband.
(d) She says it's a surprise for Doctor Rank.

5. What does Nora tell Torvald about the cards from Doctor Rank?
(a) They mean Doctor Rank is no longer their friend.
(b) They are a joke from Doctor Rank.
(c) They mean Doctor Rank is dying.
(d) She doesn't know what they mean.

6. Why does Nora say she refuses to show him anything else?
(a) She says she wants the rest of the costume to be a surprise.
(b) She says Doctor Rank is making fun of her.
(c) She says Doctor Rank was naughty.
(d) She says Doctor Rank is too sick.

7. Why did Nora like talking to the maids when she lived at her father's house?
(a) They didn't moralize.
(b) They sang songs and told stories.
(c) They knew lots of secrets.
(d) They understood what it was like to be a woman.

8. What does Nora initially tell Torvald is her reason for her wrongdoing?
(a) not knowing what she was doing could be considered wrong
(b) acting selfishly because she couldn't lose him
(c) loving him above anything else
(d) saving the children from being fatherless and penniless

9. What does Nora say Doctor Rank can pretend about her dancing?
(a) that she's dancing a message from God
(b) that she's dancing a healing ritual
(c) that she's dancing for him
(d) that she's dancing well

10. What does Helmer find in the lock of the mailbox?
(a) a wire from a brush
(b) a sewing needle
(c) a broken hairpin
(d) a broken key

11. What does Torvald say he did for Nora?
(a) ignored the signs of mental weakness in Nora
(b) ignored her father's wrongdoings
(c) gave up the chance of marrying an upstanding woman
(d) gave up the life of a happy bachelor

12. What simile does Torvald use to describe how he will protect Nora?
(a) He says he will protect her like a hunted dove saved from a hawk's claws.
(b) He says he will protect her like a wounded deer saved from a hunter's arrow.
(c) He says he will protect her like a baby chick fallen from a nest.
(d) He says he will protect her like a ground squirrel frightened by a bird of prey's shadow.

13. Why is Doctor Rank jealous of Mrs. Linde?
(a) He says Mrs. Linde will take over his position in the town.
(b) He says Mrs. Linde will take his place as the Helmers' friend.
(c) He says Mrs. Linde will take all the attention away from his death.
(d) He says Mrs. Linde will be in all the newspapers.

14. What does Nora pretend was Rank's father's sin?
(a) being too generous with his money
(b) being too prideful
(c) being a gambler
(d) being too fond of food and drink

15. What does Mrs. Linde say she has faith in about Krogstad?
(a) his weakness
(b) his character
(c) his innocence
(d) his love

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Mrs. Linde give for being at the Helmers' apartment?

2. What happens while Nora is dancing?

3. What does Nora do with the item of clothing "to punish" Doctor Rank?

4. What confuses Rank about Nora's behavior?

5. What is Mrs. Linde doing while waiting for Krogstad?

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