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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 baby chick fallen from a nest.
(c) He says he will protect her like a ground squirrel frightened by a bird of prey's shadow.
(d) He says he will protect her like a wounded deer saved from a hunter's arrow.

2. What is Mrs. Linde doing while waiting for Krogstad?
(a) cleaning around the house
(b) making tea
(c) trying to read a book
(d) sewing

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

4. What does Mrs. Linde tell Nora to do?
(a) take Torvald out of the house
(b) stop Torvald from getting the mail
(c) confess to Torvald
(d) bring Torvald to Krogstad's house

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

6. How long does Doctor Rank think he has to live?
(a) six months
(b) one month
(c) one year
(d) five years

7. What does Krogstad compare himself to?
(a) a condemned prisoner
(b) a shipwrecked man
(c) a gambler out of money
(d) a recluse in a cave

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

9. Who does Nora say must have been tampering with the mailbox?
(a) a guest from the party
(b) the children
(c) Mrs. Linde
(d) the maid

10. Where does Krogstad put the document he's brought?
(a) on the table
(b) in the fire
(c) in the letter box
(d) in his billfold

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

12. What does Torvald call Nora's explanation?
(a) a silly excuse
(b) a mockery of law
(c) a song by a little bird
(d) a beautiful lie

13. While Tovald is reading the letters, what is Nora thinking of doing?
(a) stealing the household money
(b) killing herself
(c) kidnapping the children
(d) running away by herself

14. What does Torvald say about Mrs. Linde after she leaves?
(a) that he admires her
(b) that she's a bore
(c) that she's pushy
(d) that he doesn't trust her

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Krogstad say he has in his pocket?

2. What does Nora pretend was Rank's father's sin?

3. What does Helmer find in the lock of the mailbox?

4. What does Torvald say he did for Nora?

5. What does Nora put on herself, when Torvald goes in to read the letters?

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