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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 object did Aunt Julle purchase to impress Hedda?
(a) She purchased a new hat.
(b) She purchased new shoes.
(c) She purchased an expensive shawl.
(d) She purchased a parasol.

2. Who arrives with news of Lovborg's attempted suicide?
(a) Tesman.
(b) Aunt Julle.
(c) Mr. Brack.
(d) Mrs. Elvsted.

3. What papers is Solness flipping through?
(a) He is looking at bills.
(b) He is looking at old photographs.
(c) He is looking at letters from Aline.
(d) He is looking at Ragnar's drawings.

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

5. What month of the year is it upon Hedda and Jorgen's return?
(a) It is September.
(b) It is June.
(c) It is January.
(d) It is April.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the children?

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

3. What new responsibility of Hedda's does Mr. Brack refer to?

4. What will Tesman and Mrs. Elvsted use to reconstruct the manuscript?

5. To what does Solness compare Hilde upon her entrance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hedda refrain from visiting Aunt Rina?

2. What does Hedda admit she wants control of?

3. What imminent threat does Tesman face now that Lovborg has a successful book?

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

5. Why has Hilde sought Solness out?

6. What are Hedda's feelings about Tesman's aunts?

7. Ultimately, why does Solness finally grant Ragnar's request?

8. What does Mrs. Elvsted confess to Hedda?

9. Describe Solness' relationship with Kaja?

10. What are the implications to Hedda of Brack knowing Lovborg died by one of her pistols?

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