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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best characterizes Mrs Elvsted's feelings regarding Lovborg?
(a) Fearful, thwarted, and rancorous.
(b) Skeptical and cautious.
(c) Protective, worried, and adoring.
(d) Proud, sure, and boastful.

2. At Brack's party, what information does Lovborg withhold?
(a) That he is in love with Hedda.
(b) That there is a second copy of the manuscript.
(c) The name of the woman that inspired him.
(d) That his work is plagiarized from Tesman's.

3. To whom does Hedda not speak in Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) Berte.
(b) Lovborg.
(c) Brack.
(d) Tesman.

4. What does Brack tell Tesman, Hedda, and Mrs Elvsted that Lovborg has done?
(a) Publishes Tesman's manuscript as his own.
(b) Vows to never drink again.
(c) Turns himself into the police.
(d) Shoots himself in the breast.

5. What does Tesman claim he will give his life to?
(a) Writing a better book than Lovborg.
(b) Leading a more responsible life than Lovborg.
(c) Recreating Lovborg's book from his notes.
(d) Discovering who has Lovborg's manuscript.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hedda do first when she retreats to the back room?

2. What does Hedda threaten, again, to do to Mrs. Elvsted?

3. From where are Tesman and Hedda returning?

4. What does Lovborg ask Hedda while they are alone?

5. What role did Ejlert Lovborg play in the Elvsted household prior to the happenings in the play Hedda Gabler?

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