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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. When does Mrs. Alving say Engstrand is a good worker?

2. What is Mrs. Alving taking to the young master?

3. How does Engstrand say he is related to Regina?

4. What does Maders think is rampant in artistic circles?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Mrs. Alving helped Regina?

2. What did Mrs Alving do when she found out her husband had impregnated Joanna?

3. Why did Manders send Mrs. Alving back when she ran to him?

4. What disaster happens at the end of the act?

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

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

7. Why does Mrs. Alving think she was a coward to marry her husband?

8. Why is Manders so angry with Engstrand?

9. How does Engstrand justify lying to Manders?

10. What does Manders think has made Mrs. Alving unhappy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the play and helps to express character and theme.

1) Setting

2) Structure

3) Language

Essay Topic 2

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

1) Language

2) Character development

3) Structure

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Henrik Ibsen's life. In what way is his life and personality reflected in the play? In what ways is he like or unlike his characters?

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