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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ejlert Lovborg do shortly after publishing his book?
(a) Falls in love with Diana, a red headed singer.
(b) Inherits a fortune.
(c) Leaves the Elvsted household to return to town.
(d) Applies for a professorship.

2. Why might Tesman not get the professorship he was promised?
(a) There are doubts about Tesman's character.
(b) Tesman was gone too long on his travels.
(c) Lovborg is also being considered for the post.
(d) The subject of Tesman's book is irrevelant to the post.

3. Which of the following best characterizes Mrs Elvsted's feelings regarding Lovborg?
(a) Protective, worried, and adoring.
(b) Proud, sure, and boastful.
(c) Skeptical and cautious.
(d) Fearful, thwarted, and rancorous.

4. What is Lovborg's response to Hedda's revelation about Mr Elvsted?
(a) He laughs at Mrs Elvsted.
(b) He brushes it off and admonishes Hedda.
(c) He grows angry and embarrassed, and decides to leave with Tesman and Brack.
(d) He makes a toast with a glass of punch, to 'the truth'.

5. How many copies of Lovborg's manuscript exist?
(a) Two.
(b) Two, but only one is available because the other is at the Elvsted house.
(c) One.
(d) One that was divided into two pieces and seperated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hedda remember getting Lovborg to confess?

2. What does Tesman bring to Hedda while she talks to Lovborg?

3. What is the only thing that Mrs Elvsted knows about the woman whose shadow stands between her and Lovborg?

4. What was the basis of the close friendship shared by Lovborg and Mrs Elvsted?

5. At Brack's party, what information does Lovborg withhold?

(see the answer key)

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