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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the most important element to Aline in her life?
(a) She must always take care of the children.
(b) She must always cook immaculately.
(c) She must always perform her duty.
(d) She must always be on time.

2. What refreshment does Hedda offer to her guests?
(a) She offers them tea and cake.
(b) She offers them cold punch.
(c) She offers them water and bread.
(d) She offers them hot toddies.

3. What news does Tesman's note bring?
(a) He has been granted the university job.
(b) His friend Mr. Brack has been killed.
(c) His Aunt Rina is close to death.
(d) His Aunt Julle is coming to visit.

4. With whom does Tesman entrust Lovborg's manuscript?
(a) Hedda.
(b) Mrs. Elvsted.
(c) Mr. Brack.
(d) Berte.

5. How long was Hedda and Jorgen's honeymoon?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) One year.
(c) Six months.
(d) Three days.

6. What does Solness plan to hang from the tower of his new home?
(a) A sign.
(b) A flag.
(c) A wreath.
(d) A curtain.

7. What member of Tesman's family has passed away at the beginning of Act 4?
(a) Hedda.
(b) Aunt Rina.
(c) Aunt Julle.
(d) Mr. Brack.

8. What has Tesman rescued for Lovborg?
(a) He has rescued the manuscript.
(b) He has rescued his wallet.
(c) He has rescued his wine glass.
(d) He has rescued his wife.

9. Why has Solness kept Kaja employed?
(a) He made a promise to her father that he would take care of her.
(b) She is excellent at her job and he could ask for no one better.
(c) He is in love with her and wants to marry her.
(d) He wants to keep Ragnar under his thumb.

10. How does Hedda describe her vacation?
(a) She thought it was so exciting.
(b) She was completely exhausted by the trip.
(c) She thought it was horribly tedious.
(d) She thought it was the most interesting experience.

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

12. How does Solness suspect he may be controlling his own life?
(a) He suspects God is angry with him.
(b) He suspects he may be spending all his money.
(c) He suspects he may be willing things to happen.
(d) He suspects he may be obsessive-compulsive.

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

14. What is Solness paranoid really happened to the house?
(a) He is afraid Ragnar destroyed it on purpose.
(b) He is afraid God did not want him to have the house.
(c) He is afraid Aline set it aflame.
(d) He is afraid he willed its destruction.

15. What destroyed Solness and Aline's original home?
(a) A tornado.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A fire.
(d) A flood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why won't Hedda go with Tesman to Aunt Julle's?

2. Why was Lovborg arrested?

3. What was Hedda's father's career?

4. What instrument does Hedda raucously play as Tesman and Mrs. Elvsted try to rewrite the manuscript?

5. What excuse does Hedda give about her former relationship with Lovborg?

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