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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 Regina ask Engstrand to stop doing?

2. What does Manders say Regina's father needs?

3. What is Oswald smoking?

4. What part of Norway does the play take place?

5. What kind of person does Regina not want to marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Oswald say he is not shocked about the revelation about his father?

2. Why did Mrs. Alving send Oswald to school at such an early age?

3. Why does Engstrand think the burning down of the orphanage is such bad luck?

4. How does Regina react to hearing that Mr. Alving was her father?

5. What does Oswald tell Manders about his work as a painter?

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

7. Why does Oswald think that Engstrand's building will burn down?

8. What does Mrs. Alving want her son Oswald to inherit?

9. What does Engstrand want to build?

10. Why is Manders so angry with Engstrand?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the play's reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the play differ? Was the play more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Regina's character to the person she is at the beginning of the play to the person she is at the end of the play.

1) What does Regina hope to achieve at the start of the play?

2) What events changes Regina's ideas about life?

3) What does the author suggest will be Regina's future?

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