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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What letter does Torvald ask Helene to mail?
(a) A letter containing Nora's forgery.
(b) A letter to Torvald's mother.
(c) A letter containing Krogstad's notice.
(d) A letter containing Dr. Rank's will.

2. What did Oswald go abroad to become?
(a) An artist.
(b) A pastor.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A farmhand.

3. Where does Regine plan to go instead of staying in the Alvings' house?
(a) She wants to go to Paris.
(b) She wants to go to Engstrand's house.
(c) She wants to go to Italy.
(d) She wants to go to Pastor Manders' house.

4. What critical past moment of Mrs. Alving's life does the Pastor share?
(a) When Mr. Alving was deathly ill.
(b) When Mrs. Alving tried to run from her husband.
(c) When Oswald was lost in the country.
(d) When Mrs. Alving was deathly ill.

5. What favor does Krogstad ask of Nora?
(a) He asks her to watch his children for the evening.
(b) He asks her to mend his coat for him.
(c) He asks her to put in a good word with Mrs. Linde.
(d) He asks her to help him keep his job at the bank.

6. Who accidentally started a minor fire in the carpenter's shop?
(a) Engstrand.
(b) Oswald.
(c) Regine.
(d) Alving.

7. Why does Pastor Manders support Regine going back with Engstrand?
(a) He believes Engstrand needs a guiding hand and Regine could help him.
(b) He dislikes Regine and knows it would make her miserable.
(c) He has his eye on her position in Mrs. Alving's home.
(d) He is in love with her and must separate them from each other.

8. What disease does Dr. Rank have?
(a) Tuberculosis of the spine.
(b) Step throat.
(c) Muscular Sclerosis.
(d) Cancer of the bones.

9. Who is the only person Nora has left out of her shopping spree?
(a) Ivar.
(b) Herself.
(c) Torvald.
(d) Mrs. Linde.

10. What have Pastor Manders and Mrs. Alving been building?
(a) An orphanage.
(b) A public library.
(c) A Russian teahouse.
(d) A hotel for seamen.

11. When they were younger, what was the relationship between Torvald and Krogstad?
(a) They were enemies.
(b) They were friends.
(c) They were brothers.
(d) They were strangers.

12. What does Engstrand want the Pastor to do with the remainder of Alving's money?
(a) He wants him to give it to Mrs. Alving.
(b) He wants him to pay for Regine and Oswald's wedding.
(c) He wants him to invest in the seamen's home.
(d) He wants him to rebuild the orphanage.

13. What ultimatum does Mrs. Alving want to give Oswald?
(a) She wants him to either marry Regine or send her packing.
(b) She wants him to either quit smoking his pipe or only smoke it in his room.
(c) She wants him to either go study with Pastor Manders or stay at home with her.
(d) She wants him to either go abroad and do art or stay at home and give it up.

14. Who is Oswald convinced would help him kill himself?
(a) Pastor Manders.
(b) Regine.
(c) Mrs. Alving.
(d) Engstrand.

15. Who does Dr. Rank think will replace him in the Helmer house?
(a) Mrs. Linde.
(b) Hedda Gabler.
(c) Krogstad.
(d) Helene.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Mrs. Alving marry Captain Alving?

2. What does Torvald discover in the lock of the mailbox?

3. Why did Engstrand claim Regine as his own child?

4. What happens to the orphanage at the end of Act 2?

5. Why did the orphanage burn down?

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