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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Solness hope will help repair the relationship between him and Aline?
(a) His gift of jewelry.
(b) The children.
(c) Hilde.
(d) The new house.

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

3. 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 because Mrs. Elvsted insisted.
(c) She tells him she burned it to ensure his job at the university.
(d) She tells him she burned it because she got cold.

4. What object(s) does Hedda keep imagining in Lovborg's hair?
(a) Vine leaves.
(b) Combs.
(c) Blood.
(d) A straw hat.

5. What does Aunt Julle hope will fill her time in the future?
(a) She hopes for a husband.
(b) She hopes for a new puppy.
(c) She hopes for a niece or a nephew.
(d) She hopes for a job.

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

7. What gift does Hedda give Mr. Lovborg?
(a) A pistol.
(b) His manuscript.
(c) An embroidery.
(d) A photograph.

8. What does Hedda finally do with the manuscript?
(a) She gives it back to Lovborg.
(b) She gives it back to Tesman.
(c) She claims it as her own and publishes it.
(d) She burns it in the fireplace.

9. Where is Mr. Lovborg invited upon his arrival to the Tesmans'?
(a) He is invited to the theatre by Aunt Julle.
(b) He is invited to Mrs. Elvsted's for tea.
(c) He is invited to Mr. Brack's for a party.
(d) He is invited to the back porch by Hedda.

10. What is Lovborg's new book about?
(a) A history of machination.
(b) The future of civilization.
(c) A medical thesaurus.
(d) The future of the wilderness.

11. How does Hedda die?
(a) She dies of a self-inflicted shot to the temple.
(b) She dies by jumping off a cliff.
(c) She dies of a heart attack.
(d) She dies of a carriage accident.

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 possession of Hedda's does she want to keep, despite the fact that it doesn't match their home?
(a) Her hip bath.
(b) Her piano.
(c) Her wardrobe.
(d) Her study desk.

14. What has Solness promised Hilde?
(a) He has promised her money for an education.
(b) He has promised she can be the princess in his tower.
(c) He has promised her a new house of her very own.
(d) He has promised her a new dog and horse.

15. What faux pas does Hedda commit against Mrs. Elvsted.
(a) She forgets to invite her to sit.
(b) She calls her by the wrong name.
(c) She does not offer her something to drink.
(d) She does not ask about the children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hedda mention she liked the villa?

2. What does Solness plan to hang from the tower of his new home?

3. What children did Solness and Aline have?

4. Who does Tesman think is the woman who inspired Lovborg's book?

5. Whom does Hedda "playfully" shoot at?

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