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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the nurse's own daughter?

2. What does Nora tell Krogstad about how Mrs. Linde got the job at the bank?

3. How much did the trip cost?

4. What is Torvald's attitude toward borrowing money?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Nora talk to Torvald about her old friends?

2. What example does Torvald give Nora, to try and show her why borrowing is bad?

3. Does Nora realize the seriousness of faking a signature?

4. What does Torvald say an atmosphere of lies does?

5. What distracts Nora from decorating the Christmas tree?

6. Where is Torvald when Nora comes home, and what is its significance?

7. What was Nora's attitude toward Krogstad when she first borrowed money from him?

8. Why does Torvald say that his wife asking him to keeps Krogstad means he could never do it?

9. Why does Mrs. Linde think Torvald might still be ill?

10. Why does Torvald ask Nora to name a "reasonable" present?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the characters' naming of each other in the play.

1) How do the nicknames Torvald uses for Nora show his feelings and attitude towards her? How do they reveal his character?

2) How are the characters' ideas for costumes for themselves and others a kind of naming, or assignment of identity? What does Torvald's choice of costume for Nora say about his feelings and attitudes towards her? What do Doctor Rank's choices of costumes for Nora and himself in the future say about his feelings and attitudes?

3) What other names and identities do the characters assign themselves and others, and what significance do they have?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Krogstad's character.

1) How is Krogstad similar to Nora, and how is he different from her?

2) To what extent is Krogstad a villain? Are Krogstad's actions forgivable?

3) Compare Nora's view of Krogstad to Mrs. Linde's view of Krogstad. Why does Mrs. Linde still want a life with Krogstad, after what he's done?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how the author builds tension in the play.

1) How does the author use foreshadowing to hint at events to come in the play?

2) How do the lies and deceptions in the play contribute to its tension?

3) What is the audience afraid will happen in the play?

4) How does the author use Krogstad's letter in the letterbox to generate tension in the last act of the play, and what other devices does the author use in the play to create tension?

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