View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the manuscript when Tesman leaves?
(a) Tesman gives it to Brack to hold onto.
(b) Tesman takes it with him to return to it's rightful owner.
(c) It gets knocked off the table and the pages scatter.
(d) Tesman leaves it in Hedda's care.

2. What does Hedda confess to Brack regarding her feelings toward Tesman?
(a) She has never loved him.
(b) She adores him.
(c) She can't understand why she doesn't love him.
(d) She admires him greatly and will grow to love him.

3. What is the one thing that Hedda says she has an aptitude for?
(a) To dance and be merry.
(b) To bore herself.
(c) Light conversation.
(d) To be a wife.

4. Why are people concerned about Rina?
(a) She is elderly and bedridden.
(b) She recently offended an important man.
(c) She is missing.
(d) She is about to have a child.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best compares the nature of Tesman's book to the nature of Lovborg's book?

2. What is Hedda's state of mind after Julle leaves?

3. Who is the bouquet of flowers from?

4. What does Tesman ask of Hedda in Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?

5. What does Tesman thank Brack for when Brack arrives at the house for the first time in Act 1?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 317 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample