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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 are people suggesting when they note Hedda has "filled out" during her travels?
(a) That she is letting herself go.
(b) That she is pregnant.
(c) That she lives a life of leisure.
(d) That she doesn't love her husband.

2. Which of the following best characterizes Hedda's view of her marriage at the end of Act 1?
(a) A disappointment and boring.
(b) Exciting and adventurous.
(c) Unimportant and temporary.
(d) Comfortable and supportive.

3. What are Mrs Elvsted's plans for the future?
(a) Stay in town as long as her husband will agree to.
(b) Start formal divorce proceedings.
(c) Write and publish a book of her own.
(d) None, other than to be near Ejlert Lovborg.

4. How were the furnishings in the house paid for?
(a) Hedda's inheritance paid for everything.
(b) Berte lent Tesman the money to buy them.
(c) Julle mortgaged her annuity to pay for the furnishings.
(d) Tesman could afford the furnishings with his salary.

5. What is the book Tesman is working on about?
(a) The role of religion in shaping the future.
(b) The importance of family in society.
(c) Cultural norms of the modern age.
(d) Domestic crafts of Brabant in the Middle Ages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hedda threaten to do to Berte in Act 1 of Hedda Gabler?

2. How long has Mrs Elvsted been in town?

3. What kind of friends were Mrs Elvsted and Hedda in school?

4. What part of Mrs Elvsted does Hedda find "irritating"?

5. What is the relationship between Berte and Rina?

(see the answer key)

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