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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the children?
(a) They were stolen out of their cradles.
(b) Aline developed a fever that poisoned her breast milk which killed them.
(c) They were given to a relative, who still takes care of them.
(d) They died in a fire.

2. What new responsibility of Hedda's does Mr. Brack refer to?
(a) He refers to her caring for Aunt Rina.
(b) He refers to her new job.
(c) He refers to her new horse.
(d) He refers to her alleged pregnancy.

3. Why is Aline worried about his declaration?
(a) She knows Kaja has destroyed his wreath.
(b) She knows Hilde wants to climb up the tower with him.
(c) She knows heights make him dizzy.
(d) She knows Ragnar has already hung a flag.

4. Whom does Hedda "playfully" shoot at?
(a) Mr. Brack.
(b) Tesman.
(c) Ejlert Lovborg.
(d) Mrs. Elvsted.

5. How is Hedda described in the stage directions?
(a) A fading beauty of advancing years.
(b) A frivolous blond with mounds of curls.
(c) An aristocratic figure with steel-gray eyes.
(d) A rough person of swarthy complexion.

6. How does Mr. Brack attempt to blackmail Hedda?
(a) He will tell Aunt Julle that Hedda killed Aunt Rina.
(b) He will let the word get out that Lovborg had her pistol.
(c) He will tell Tesman that they are having an affair.
(d) He will tell Mrs. Elvsted that Hedda had a relationship with Lovborg.

7. Who does Ragnar want to marry?
(a) Kaja.
(b) Hilde.
(c) Aline.
(d) Hedda.

8. Which of the Master Builder's assistants is in love with him?
(a) Hilde.
(b) Brovik.
(c) Kaja.
(d) Ragnar.

9. Why has Hilde come?
(a) She misses Aline, who is her very good friend.
(b) She is responding to an advertisement for a job.
(c) She remembers a promise Solness made to her ten years ago.
(d) She is in love with Ragnar.

10. With what type of person is Solness prone to having relationships?
(a) He is prone to relationships with younger women.
(b) He is prone to relationships with older women.
(c) He is prone to relationships with very poor women.
(d) He is prone to relationships with very intelligent women.

11. What will Tesman and Mrs. Elvsted use to reconstruct the manuscript?
(a) They will use Lovborg's notes.
(b) They will use Mrs. Elvsted's memory.
(c) They will use Lovborg's recordings.
(d) They will use Tesman's memory of Lovborg's reading.

12. Why did Hedda marry Tesman?
(a) She found him pathetically eager to support her while no one else was.
(b) She was betrothed to him as a small child.
(c) She was desperately in love with him and he with her.
(d) She had an illicit relationship with him and became pregnant.

13. Why does Hedda tell Tesman she burned the manuscript?
(a) She tells him she burned it because she hates Lovborg.
(b) She tells him she burned it to ensure his job at the university.
(c) She tells him she burned it because Mrs. Elvsted insisted.
(d) She tells him she burned it because she got cold.

14. Why won't Hedda go with Tesman to Aunt Julle's?
(a) Hedda is expecting a visit from her father.
(b) Hedda cannot bear to watch her beloved aunt die.
(c) Hedda wants to be completely free of darkness and death.
(d) Hedda is too upset to leave the house.

15. Where does Tesman request for Mrs. Elvsted to take up residence?
(a) In his own home.
(b) In town, by the singer's house.
(c) At Aunt Julle's house.
(d) Back at her home in the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who assisted Ejlert Lovborg with his project?

2. Who, probably, actually is the woman who inspired Lovborg's book?

3. What has Tesman rescued for Lovborg?

4. What children did Solness and Aline have?

5. Who arrives unexpectedly to stay with Mr. and Mrs. Solness?

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