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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have Pastor Manders and Mrs. Alving been building?

2. What does Krogstad send back to Torvald?

3. What did Oswald go abroad to become?

4. What is the name of the orphanage?

5. What does Oswald ask for at the end of the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Nora afraid that her lies will affect the household?

2. Why does Torvald think Nora is putting in a good word for Krogstad?

3. To whom does Nora feel her duty is owed?

4. When is the first instance that Mrs. Alving sees "ghosts"?

5. Why does Nora decline asking her favor from Dr. Rank?

6. Why does Mrs. Linde volunteer to approach Krogstad?

7. What has Torvald refused to sacrifice for Nora?

8. What does Mrs. Alving hope to gain from opening the orphanage?

9. What is ironic about Engstrand's naming his seaman's home the Captain Alving Home?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the use of subtext in HEDDA GABLER. Does this differ from the other plays in the collection? Why or why not? What events or situations in Hedda Gabler are not stated, simply implied? How does this use of subtext contribute to the overall effect of the play from start to finish?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the climax and the secondary climax of HEDDA GABLER. In which acts do these events occur? How does the secondary climax lead to the ultimate resolution in the play? What other events lead up to the play's final, climactic moment?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Solness' death in THE MASTER BUILDER. Is his death the will of God? The foolish accident of a young man trying to impress a girl? Does he commit suicide, unable to atone for or reconcile with his many selfish, cruel choices? What role does Hilde play in Solness' death? What role does Aline play in Solness' death?

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