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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 does Solness hope will help repair the relationship between him and Aline?

2. What does Mr. Brack suggest to Hedda?

3. What does Lovborg tell Mrs. Elvsted about the manuscript?

4. Who does Ragnar want to marry?

5. Which of the assistants was once the Master Builder?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Ejlert unable to return Mrs. Elvsted's love sufficiently?

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

5. How does Hedda convince Lovborg to go to the party?

6. What does Ragnar ask of Solness, since his father is close to death?

7. What does Hedda claim spurred her original interest in Ejlert Lovborg, years ago?

8. How does Lovborg take his leave of Mrs. Elvsted?

9. What does Hedda admit she wants control of?

10. Why does Hedda burn the manuscript?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Nora's transformation throughout A DOLL'S HOUSE. Where does she first start to change? What is the final straw in her awakening? How does Torvald bring about his own fate? Has Nora learned anything about morality throughout the play? How does she use her newfound knowledge? Does her learned morality play a part in her decision to leave?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Mrs. Alving's "ghosts." When do they appear? As whom do they appear? What echoes of her past does she see in the present? Is she able to escape any of her past experiences? What is her character's arc throughout the play? Be sure to provide textual examples.

Essay Topic 3

Hedda Gabler considers herself a coward. Why does she have that impression? What is she afraid of? What does she truly desire? Why does her obsession with Ejlert Lovborg consume her? She encourages Ejlert Lovborg to go to the party, despite protestations from Mrs. Elvsted and Lovborg himself declining. Why is she trying to control his destiny?

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