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

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

3. What is Hilde's main memory of Solness?
(a) She remembers him hammering the wall.
(b) She remembers him climbing the tower.
(c) She remembers him dancing at a party.
(d) She remembers him singing.

4. What children did Solness and Aline have?
(a) They had twin boys.
(b) They had one girl.
(c) They had one boy.
(d) They had twin girls.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Hedda give Mr. Lovborg?

2. How does Hedda die?

3. With whom does Tesman entrust Lovborg's manuscript?

4. With what has Ejlert Lovborg recently had success?

5. What month of the year is it upon Hedda and Jorgen's return?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hedda burn the manuscript?

2. Describe Solness' relationship with Kaja?

3. What are the factors that, combined, mean such despair for Hedda that she must end her life?

4. Why is Solness afraid of youth?

5. What does Solness decide to do in honor of the new house?

6. How does Hedda end up with Lovborg's manuscript?

7. What does Mr. Brack hint will soon keep Hedda busy, fulfilling her life and abating her incurable boredom?

8. Why does Hedda tell Tesman she burned the manuscript?

9. How did Solness and Aline's children die?

10. Why has Hilde sought Solness out?

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