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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 Oswald remember his father allowing him to do?

2. Where is Manders going to sleep?

3. What is Oswald smoking?

4. Who does Engstrand want to take home with him?

5. What does Manders say Regina's father does not have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Mrs. Alving never tell Oswald about the person his father really was?

2. Why Regina say she cannot stay in the house?

3. How was Mrs. Alving's husband a sham?

4. What does Engstrand ask the Pastor to do?

5. Why does Mrs. Alving think Engstrand married Joanna?

6. What do Manders and Mrs. Alving hear from the dining room?

7. What is the story of Regina's illegitimate birth?

8. Why does Mrs. Alving think Regina is going to go into ruin?

9. Describe the room the play takes place in?

10. Why is Engstrand surprised that Manders knows the truth about Joanna?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Oswald's illness affects one of the following areas in his life:

1) Work

2) Social life

3) Intimate relationships

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

What are the differences between a film and a play in terms of the following?

1) Language

2) Character development

3) Structure

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