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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would best characterize the way Hedda greets Julle?
(a) Appreciative and obliging.
(b) Cool and formal.
(c) Loving and warm.
(d) Excited and enthusiastic.

2. What does Hedda complain about just after greeting Julle?
(a) The difficulty with servants.
(b) Having nothing to do.
(c) How long it has been since they've met.
(d) An open window.

3. What kept Hedda and Tesman up late the night of their return?
(a) They were celebrating the return to their new home.
(b) Berte was was having a party next door.
(c) Hedda needed everything unpacked and put away in a particular manner.
(d) Julle was ill.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Julle do as soon as she enters the room in the beginning of the first act?

2. Who are the first two characters to appear in Act 1 of Hedda Gabler?

3. What does Julle give to Tesman before she leaves?

4. What does Tesman focus on when he talks about the future?

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

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