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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. Before he leaves, what does Lovborg promise to do?
(a) Stay sober.
(b) Speak to Brack about the professorship.
(c) Finish his book.
(d) Return at ten to take Mrs. Elvsted home.

2. What two events does Tesman accidentally schedule for the same time?
(a) Lovborg's visit and Brack's dinner.
(b) Brack's party and his wife's birthday.
(c) Mrs Elvsted's visit and work for his next book.
(d) Lovborg's visit and a visit from his aunt.

3. What does Hedda show Lovborg when they are first left alone together?
(a) Her father's pistols.
(b) Her house.
(c) A photo album of her honeymoon.
(d) Her husband's manuscript.

4. What does Hedda want at the end of 1Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) To be reunited with old friends.
(b) Peace from the world to be with her family.
(c) A salon, a footman, and a horse.
(d) A child.

5. What becomes apparent as soon as Hedda and Lovborg converse alone?
(a) Hedda wishes she had married Lovborg.
(b) Lovborg is jealous of Tesman's success.
(c) Hedda is angry at Lovborg for an unknown reason.
(d) Hedda and Lovborg have been very close.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lovborg tell Mrs. Elvsted happened to the manuscript?

2. Of what does Lovborg accuse Mrs. Elvsted?

3. What is the likely reason that Hedda dreams of controlling another person's destiny?

4. At the end of Act 2, what does Hedda confess to Mrs Elvsted that she wants out of the whole situation?

5. What does Hedda claim she has to keep her entertained at the end of Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?

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