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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. For Nora, what will having "heaps and heaps of money" mean?

2. What does Torvald give to the maid after his conversation with Nora about Krogstad?

3. What does Torvald say to tell any callers?

4. What job has Torvald just accepted?

5. What caused Doctor Rank's illness?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Linde hope Nora can do for her?

2. What is Nora's attitude towards the law?

3. How does Mrs. Linde feel, now that no one's depending on her financially anymore?

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

5. How does Torvald react to Nora saying his reason for firing Krogstad is narrow-minded?

6. Why did Nora fake her father's signature?

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

8. How does Nora introduce her request for Torvald to let Krogstad keep his post at the bank?

9. What do Torvald's pet names for Nora say about his attitude towards her?

10. What does Doctor Rank say about Krogstad's character?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the play, the characters are often self-interested and even self-absorbed. Discuss selfishness in the play.

1) In what ways is Nora self-centered and self-absorbed? How does she view other people's problems? How does she view her own problems and priorities?

2) In what ways is Torvald self-centered and self-absorbed? How does he respond to Krogstad's letter when he thinks it will ruin him? Who is he most concerned about and why? Why does he feel the need to impose his own views on his wife?

3) In what ways are other characters, like Doctor Rank, Mrs. Linde, and Krogstad, self-centered? How does self-interest shape society?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the definition of marriage in the play.

1) What is Nora's idea of marriage? How does her idea of marriage change throughout the play, and what does she mean by the true wedlock she wishes for at the end of the play?

2) What is Mrs. Linde's idea of marriage? What did her former marriage mean to her, and how is it different from her proposed union with Krogstad?

3) What is Torvald's idea of marriage? How does he define his relationship with Nora?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the idea of protecting women and sheltering them from life.

1) How does Torvald's idea of sheltering Nora contribute to her remaining child-like and ultimately believing that she must leave him?

2) How does Nora's lack of knowledge of the world lead her into her legal problems?

3) Are women in the play successfully sheltered from "unsavory" aspects of life? Examine both Nora and Mrs. Linde's experiences.

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