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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the basis of the close friendship shared by Lovborg and Mrs Elvsted?
(a) Similar personalities.
(b) Long walks in the country.
(c) Hard times that brought them together.
(d) Working together on Lovborg's book.

2. Why did Tesman buy the house he did?
(a) It had many rooms for raising a family.
(b) It was close to his work.
(c) It was the only one he could afford.
(d) He believed Hedda wanted it more than any other.

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

4. What is the relationship between Berte and Rina?
(a) Berte is Rina's poor relative from the country.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Berte nursed Rina for several years.
(d) Rina owes Berte money.

5. What does Lovborg want Tesman to see?
(a) That he is a potential candidate for the professorship.
(b) Evidence of his reformed ways.
(c) That he is a better writer than Tesman.
(d) The manuscript to his next book.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Brack invite Tesman?

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

3. What is Hedda's final act of courage and desperation in the play Hedda Gabler?

4. What does Hedda confess to Brack regarding her feelings toward Tesman?

5. Who does Tesman invite over to their house for evening in Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?

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