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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. Why has Hilde come?

2. With what has Ejlert Lovborg recently had success?

3. What does Mr. Brack suggest to Hedda?

4. Who does Tesman think is the woman who inspired Lovborg's book?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Hedda refrain from visiting Aunt Rina?

3. What does Hedda admit she wants control of?

4. What does Mrs. Elvsted confess to Hedda?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Hedda initially react to the news of Lovborg's suicide?

10. Describe Solness' relationship with Kaja?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Pastor Manders of GHOSTS. Though he is the spiritual figurehead of the community, is he in denial of his true nature? Can any conclusions be drawn in his behavior toward Mrs. Alving? Toward Regine? When he finds out that Engstrand lied to him, how does he react? Why does he agree to finance Engstrand's sailor's home? What is his main concern?

Essay Topic 2

In GHOSTS, Oswald and Mrs. Alving cannot escape Captain Alving's sins. Has Mrs. Alving contributed to their problems by not being truthful with Oswald, Pastor Manders, Regine, or the community? Are the characters ultimately able to escape their pasts? How is this theme echoed in some of the other works in the collection?

Essay Topic 3

In all the plays in the collection, there is a common theme: the inability to escape one's past. How does this theme play out in each of the four works? Which characters are the most affected by their denials of their pasts? What are the ultimate consequences in each of the works?

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