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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Pastor Manders support Regine going back with Engstrand?
(a) He dislikes Regine and knows it would make her miserable.
(b) He believes Engstrand needs a guiding hand and Regine could help him.
(c) He is in love with her and must separate them from each other.
(d) He has his eye on her position in Mrs. Alving's home.

3. What ultimatum does Mrs. Alving want to give Oswald?
(a) She wants him to either marry Regine or send her packing.
(b) She wants him to either quit smoking his pipe or only smoke it in his room.
(c) She wants him to either go abroad and do art or stay at home and give it up.
(d) She wants him to either go study with Pastor Manders or stay at home with her.

4. 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.

5. To whom did Mrs. Alving run when her married life became unbearable?
(a) She went to Oswald.
(b) She went to Pastor Manders.
(c) She went to her mother.
(d) She went to Engstrand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the orphanage burn down?

2. To what does Nora compare her and Torvald's life?

3. Why does Pastor Manders like Engstrand?

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

5. Why does Nora leave Torvald?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Krogstad attempt to blackmail Nora?

2. How does Torvald react when Krogstad returns the IOU?

3. What has Torvald refused to sacrifice for Nora?

4. Why doesn't the Pastor want Mrs. Alving to insure the orphanage?

5. What is Oswald's first inkling that perhaps his father was not as virtuous as he thought?

6. Who goaded Mrs. Alving into her free-thinking ways?

7. What was Mrs. Alving's marriage to the Captain really like, despite Pastor Mander's perceptions?

8. What is the only way Torvald could possibly accept Krogstad again?

9. What is ironic about Pastor Manders accidentally burning down the orphanage?

10. What does Nora outwardly hope for at the end of Act 2, and what does she inwardly fear?

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