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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. Who would the eating house cater for?

2. Where does Engstrand say he can get a house?

3. What opens the next day?

4. What does Manders say he disapproves of?

5. Why does Regina not want Engstrand to clump about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Mrs. Alving helped Regina?

2. What is wrong with Oswald?

3. Why does Mrs. Alving not think it is a disgrace that Engstrand married for money?

4. Summarize the play.

5. Why does Manders think it is a bad idea to insure the orphanage?

6. Who is Engstrand?

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

8. How is Pastor Manders helping with the building of the orphanage?

9. What does Oswald ask his mother to do for him?

10. What did Engstrand see Manders do with the candle?

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

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

Examine sex in the play.

1) How do the characters in the play view sex?

2) What does the representation of sex say about 1880s society?

3) How did the public react to the novel's representation when it was first published? How would the public react to a similar book today?

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