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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nora leave Torvald?
(a) She must learn to stand on her own two feet.
(b) She is tired of him and wants to live somewhere else.
(c) She is tired of his constant mistresses.
(d) She is in love with Dr. Rank.

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

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

4. What item of her costume does Nora show Dr. Rank?
(a) She shows him her fan.
(b) She shows him her flower clip.
(c) She shows him her silk stockings.
(d) She shows him her bracelet.

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

6. What does Krogstad send back to Torvald?
(a) He sends back the money Nora paid him.
(b) He sends back Dr. Rank's card.
(c) He sends back Nora's IOU.
(d) He sends back his notice.

7. What costumes does Dr. Rank suggest for himself and Nora at the next party?
(a) She will be a wood nymph and he will be a satyr.
(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 Lady Luck and he will be invisible.

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

9. What important piece of biological information does Mrs. Alving reveal to Regine and Oswald?
(a) They are actually betrothed, and have been since birth.
(b) They are, in fact, half brother and half sister.
(c) She is not Oswald's biological mother.
(d) Regine is Mrs. Alving's biological daughter.

10. Which of Mrs. Alving's possessions does the Pastor disapprove of?
(a) He disapproves of her dresses.
(b) He disapproves of her paintings.
(c) He disapproves of her liquor.
(d) He disapproves of her books.

11. What does Oswald feel he has to make up to Regine?
(a) He send her father, Engstrand, away in anger.
(b) He mentioned bringing her to Paris, which he forgot.
(c) He borrowed money from her and did not pay it back.
(d) He dropped a teacup that shattered and she had to clean up.

12. What does Oswald think will happen to any attempted memorial of his father?
(a) He thinks the memorial will burn.
(b) He thinks the memorial will be exalted by the community.
(c) He thinks the plans will never come to fruition.
(d) He thinks the plans will be flooded, like the orphanage.

13. How did Nora actually get the money?
(a) She earned it at waitressing.
(b) She won it at the lottery.
(c) She stole it.
(d) She borrowed it.

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

15. What name has Oswald given himself?
(a) The Venus di Milo.
(b) The Prodigal Sun.
(c) Mr. Alving.
(d) The Second Coming.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Regine's biological parent?

2. What did Oswald go abroad to become?

3. What critical past moment of Mrs. Alving's life does the Pastor share?

4. Who pursues Krogstad in an attempt to help Nora?

5. What does Nora hint at at the end of Act 2?

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