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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Torvald stay away from Nora at parties?
(a) He is always accompanying Dr. Rank.
(b) He is pretending they are secret lovers and engaged.
(c) He is jealous of the attention she receives.
(d) He cannot stand her.

2. What does Dr. Rank plan to send to Nora to alert her of his final descent?
(a) He will send his visiting card with a black cross on it.
(b) He will send his visiting card with a scull and crossbones on it.
(c) He will send her a detailed note.
(d) He will send her a single rose.

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

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

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

6. What is Nora's costume for the party?
(a) A Neapolitan fisher lass.
(b) An English princess.
(c) An American Indian.
(d) An Arabian serving maid.

7. Who does Torvald blame for Nora's fall from grace?
(a) He blames Krogstad.
(b) He blames Mrs. Linde.
(c) He blames her father.
(d) He blames Dr. Rank.

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

9. When Torvald became ill, where did he and Nora go?
(a) They went to Italy.
(b) They went to Spain.
(c) They went to New York.
(d) They went to Argentina.

10. What crime does Krogstad reveal Nora has committed?
(a) Theft.
(b) Murder.
(c) Fraud.
(d) Larceny.

11. Who is Torvald's best friend?
(a) Mr. Krogstad.
(b) Kristine.
(c) Anne Marie.
(d) Dr. Rank.

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

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

14. What daily responsibility does Nora have trouble managing, according to Torvald?
(a) She cannot manage the kitchen.
(b) She cannot manage the horses.
(c) She cannot manage money.
(d) She cannot manage the children.

15. What card does Torvald receive from Dr. Rank?
(a) He receives a calling card with a black cross.
(b) He receives a wedding invitation with a red heart.
(c) He receives a congratulations for the new baby.
(d) He receives a birthday invitation for the next week.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Helmer think is wrong with Nora's tarentella?

3. Who does Mrs. Alving credit with her intellectual awakening?

4. Who does Dr. Rank want Nora to prevent from visiting him in his final illness?

5. How did Nora actually get the money?

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