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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Doctor Rank offer to do?
(a) send Nora a present
(b) apologize to Mrs. Linde
(c) explain to Torvald what has happened
(d) leave forever

2. How does Krogstad respond to the maid's message?
(a) He storms into the house and goes straight to Torvald's study.
(b) He doesn't believe it and refuses to leave.
(c) He promises to come back with the police.
(d) He goes away but keeps returning.

3. What does Torvald blame Nora's behavior on?
(a) her father's lack of principles
(b) Krogstad's wiley enticements
(c) Nora's mind going after difficult childbirth
(d) his own inability to control her

4. What does Nora say, when Torvald asks if she knows what's in the letter?
(a) She says she wrote the letter herself.
(b) She says she doesn't know what it says.
(c) She says she knows what it says and it's true.
(d) She says the letter is full of lies.

5. How was Nora's dance received by the guests at the party?
(a) The guests were angered and asked her to leave.
(b) The guests enjoyed her dance.
(c) The guests were offended and started to leave.
(d) The guests were embarrassed by her dance.

6. What does Nora ask Krogstad to think of, to beg him for mercy?
(a) her children
(b) her reputation
(c) her husband
(d) her feelings

7. Does Nora want to come home from the dance after the Tarantella?
(a) Yes, she runs home without Torvald.
(b) No, she stays at the dance.
(c) No, but Torvald drags her downstairs.
(d) Yes, she and Torvald leave together.

8. How does Krogstad come to Nora's house, so that he's not seen?
(a) He comes through a window.
(b) He waits out on the street.
(c) He comes from the floor above.
(d) He comes up the back stairs.

9. What happens while Nora is dancing?
(a) Her shoe breaks.
(b) Her shawl flies off.
(c) Her hair comes down.
(d) She trips and falls.

10. What criticism does Torvald make of Nora's Tarantella dance at the party?
(a) He says it was too perfect.
(b) He says it was too realistic.
(c) He says it was too slow and cautious.
(d) He says it was too erratic.

11. What name does Torvald call Nora, after reading the letter?
(a) little squirrel
(b) monstrous crow
(c) little lark
(d) miserable creature

12. Where does Mrs. Linde propose to go, after Nora tells her what's happened?
(a) to the bank
(b) to see Doctor Rank
(c) to see Krogstad
(d) to see Torvald

13. What does Nora tell Torvald to do, after they've discussed Doctor Rank's impending death?
(a) give her the mail to put on his desk
(b) read the rest of the mail
(c) toss the mail into the fire
(d) leave the mail until the morning

14. What does Rank say he will send Nora, when he knows he is about to die?
(a) a card with a black angel
(b) a card with a black cross
(c) a card with a black star
(d) a card with a black border

15. Why doesn't Doctor Rank want Torvald in his sickroom?
(a) Rank doesn't want Torvald to know he is dying.
(b) Rank is ashamed for Torvald to see him sick.
(c) Torvald hates things that are ugly.
(d) Torvald is afraid of getting ill again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Krogstad think of Mrs. Linde?

2. What does Nora tell Torvald about the cards from Doctor Rank?

3. How long does Doctor Rank think he has to live?

4. Who does Krogstad intend to tell about the bond?

5. What does Mrs. Linde tell Nora to do?

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