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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who arrives unexpectedly to stay with Mr. and Mrs. Solness?
(a) Kaja.
(b) Hilde Wangel.
(c) Hedda Gabler.
(d) Dr. Rank.
2. Why does Lovborg say that Mrs. Elvsted is a good companion?
(a) She has a lovely singing voice.
(b) She is extremely intelligent and thoughtful.
(c) She has the courage to act.
(d) She is beautiful to look at.
3. What possession does Aunt Julle return to Tesman?
(a) She returns his bookcase.
(b) She returns his slippers.
(c) She returns his cane.
(d) She returns his top hat.
4. What prized possession was passed to Hedda from her father?
(a) His money clip.
(b) His fountain pen.
(c) His saber.
(d) His pistols.
5. 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.
6. What does Hedda finally do with the manuscript?
(a) She claims it as her own and publishes it.
(b) She burns it in the fireplace.
(c) She gives it back to Lovborg.
(d) She gives it back to Tesman.
7. 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.
8. Who does Tesman think is the woman who inspired Lovborg's book?
(a) The red-haired singer.
(b) Aunt Julle.
(c) Mrs. Elvsted.
(d) Hedda.
9. What news does Tesman's note bring?
(a) He has been granted the university job.
(b) His Aunt Rina is close to death.
(c) His friend Mr. Brack has been killed.
(d) His Aunt Julle is coming to visit.
10. 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.
11. Why did Hedda marry Tesman?
(a) She was betrothed to him as a small child.
(b) She found him pathetically eager to support her while no one else was.
(c) She was desperately in love with him and he with her.
(d) She had an illicit relationship with him and became pregnant.
12. What has Tesman rescued for Lovborg?
(a) He has rescued his wallet.
(b) He has rescued the manuscript.
(c) He has rescued his wife.
(d) He has rescued his wine glass.
13. To what does Mrs. Elvsted compare the manuscript?
(a) She compares it to a meal.
(b) She compares it to a horse.
(c) She compares it to a guitar.
(d) She compares it to a child.
14. What faux pas does Hedda commit against Mrs. Elvsted.
(a) She does not offer her something to drink.
(b) She does not ask about the children.
(c) She forgets to invite her to sit.
(d) She calls her by the wrong name.
15. How does Solness suspect he may be controlling his own life?
(a) He suspects he may be obsessive-compulsive.
(b) He suspects God is angry with him.
(c) He suspects he may be willing things to happen.
(d) He suspects he may be spending all his money.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happened to the children?
2. What object(s) does Hedda keep imagining in Lovborg's hair?
3. What is the most important element to Aline in her life?
4. What instrument does Hedda raucously play as Tesman and Mrs. Elvsted try to rewrite the manuscript?
5. What gift does Hedda give Mr. Lovborg?
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