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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the letter sent in Act 1 of HEDDA GABLE propose to do?
(a) Make arrangements for a celebration.
(b) Warn Mrs Elvsted's husband of her whereabouts.
(c) Summon Brack to the house.
(d) Invite Ejlert Lovborg over that evening.

2. From where are Tesman and Hedda returning?
(a) Spending the summer in the country.
(b) Their honeymoon.
(c) The funeral of Hedda's father.
(d) Visiting a relative that is unwell.

3. When Julle leaves at the end of Act 1, what are her plans for returning?
(a) She plans never to return.
(b) She plans on returning every day to visit.
(c) She is afraid she'll be too busy to come often.
(d) She will return to spend the winter.

4. What is the only thing that Mrs Elvsted knows about the woman whose shadow stands between her and Lovborg?
(a) Lovborg had asked her to marry him.
(b) She was a remarkable beauty, with red hair.
(c) She tried to shoot him with a pistol.
(d) She had rejected Lovborg for another man.

5. What is the profession of Jorgen Tesman?
(a) Academic researcher and aspiring professor.
(b) Tesman does not work.
(c) Politician.
(d) Merchant and importer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the bouquet of flowers from?

2. What does Ejlert Lovborg do shortly after publishing his book?

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

4. Which of the following best characterizes Mrs Elvsted's feelings regarding Lovborg?

5. Which are the most appropriate words to describe Hedda in the first act?

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