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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 is Lovborg's plan for his future at the end of Act 3 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) To get the professorship, and perhaps write again.
(b) To end it all.
(c) To return to the Elvsted and regain control of his life.
(d) To succumb to a life of debauchery and drunkeness.

2. Why is the professorship so important to Tesman?
(a) So he will finally outshine Lovborg.
(b) He desperately wants some academic recognition.
(c) He wants to make Hedda and Julle proud of him.
(d) He based his marriage and finances on the prospects of the job.

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

4. What does Hedda claim she has to keep her entertained at the end of Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) Her father's pistols.
(b) A busy social life.
(c) A growing family.
(d) A charming home.

5. To what does Brack invite Tesman?
(a) A discussion of the professorship.
(b) A literary gathering.
(c) A stag dinner.
(d) A party at the home of a wealthy relative.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hedda threaten, again, to do to Mrs. Elvsted?

2. What reason does Hedda give for refusing to go with Tesman to Rina?

3. How is Lovborg's book received by the public?

4. What reason does Hedda give Lovborg for not following through on a threat she made a long time ago?

5. How many copies of Lovborg's manuscript exist?

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