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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nora carrying as she enters Act 1?
(a) She is carrying a letter.
(b) She is carrying embroidery.
(c) She is carrying Christmas gifts.
(d) She is carrying one of the children.

2. What does Nora hint at at the end of Act 2?
(a) She hints that she will not dance the tarentella.
(b) She hints that she will kill Krogstad.
(c) She hints that she may kill herself.
(d) She hints that Kristine will help her.

3. To what does Nora compare her and Torvald's life?
(a) She compares their lives to the bank.
(b) She compares their marriage and home to a doll house.
(c) She compares their lives to Dr. Rank's death.
(d) She compares their marriage and home to Krogstad's tragedy.

4. What is Nora's reputation among her friends and family?
(a) A serious-minded scholar.
(b) A catty, cruel witch.
(c) A weepy, brittle sensitive.
(d) A frivolous, silly woman.

5. What childhood memory does Oswald share about his father?
(a) He remembers the first cobbling.
(b) He remembers the first time plowing the fields.
(c) He remembers the first book he read.
(d) He remembers the first time he smoked a pipe.

6. Why has Dr. Rank allowed himself such a merry evening?
(a) He and Nora are running away together.
(b) He is cured of his disease.
(c) He has finished his own lab results.
(d) He has fallen in love with Mrs. Linde.

7. Who actually loaned Nora the money?
(a) Her father.
(b) Krogstad.
(c) Kristine.
(d) Dr. Rank.

8. How did Torvald feel during Nora's project?
(a) He felt suspicious.
(b) He felt angry.
(c) He felt invigorated.
(d) He felt bored.

9. Why did the orphanage burn down?
(a) Pastor Manders was careless with a candle.
(b) Oswald was careless with his pipe tobacco.
(c) Regine burned it down on purpose
(d) Engstrand was careless with a cigarette.

10. What costumes does Dr. Rank suggest for himself and Nora at the next party?
(a) She will be Lady Luck and he will be invisible.
(b) She will be a gypsy and he will be a policeman.
(c) She will be Aphrodite and he will be Zeus.
(d) She will be a wood nymph and he will be a satyr.

11. What is Torvald concerned about saving from their relationship?
(a) He is concerned about saving her clothing for his next wife.
(b) He is concerned about saving his sanity.
(c) He is concerned about preserving their public appearance.
(d) He is concerned about saving Dr. Rank from her treachery.

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 invest in the seamen's home.
(c) He wants him to pay for Regine and Oswald's wedding.
(d) He wants him to rebuild the orphanage.

13. Who took care of Nora as a child?
(a) Torvald.
(b) Nora's father.
(c) Nora's mother.
(d) Anne Marie.

14. What does Torvald call Nora after Mrs. Linde leaves?
(a) His most treasured possession.
(b) His biggest problem.
(c) His weak link.
(d) His fierce Spaniard.

15. What does Oswald ask for at the end of the play?
(a) He asks for the moon.
(b) He asks for the sun.
(c) He asks for a drink.
(d) He asks for Regine.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the past year, what did Nora do two weeks before Christmas?

2. How did Nora actually get the money?

3. Who has witnessed the Pastor's transgression?

4. What is Nora's costume for the party?

5. What does Krogstad send back to Torvald?

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