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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following best describes Mrs Elvsted's marriage?
(a) Passionate and unwise.
(b) Abusive and horrible.
(c) Comfortable and satisfactory.
(d) Loveless and convenient.

3. Why does Hedda tell Brack is the reason she told Tesman she wanted to live in this particular house?
(a) So she could be close to people she liked.
(b) Because it was the nicest one Tesman could afford.
(c) Because she knew he wanted it.
(d) To fill an awkward silence in conversation.

4. What part of Mrs Elvsted does Hedda find "irritating"?
(a) Her manner of speaking.
(b) Her clothes.
(c) Her mannerisms.
(d) Her hair.

5. What does the letter sent in Act 1 of HEDDA GABLE propose to do?
(a) Make arrangements for a celebration.
(b) Warn Mrs Elvsted's husband of her whereabouts.
(c) Summon Brack to the house.
(d) Invite Ejlert Lovborg over that evening.

6. What item in Hedda and Tesman's house has been moved out of view in the beginning of Act 2 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) The bouquet of flowers.
(b) The pistols.
(c) Hedda's piano.
(d) The picture of Rina.

7. What does Tesman focus on when he talks about the future?
(a) Raising a family.
(b) Spending time with his wife.
(c) His career.
(d) Making a fortune.

8. What state of mind is Mrs Elvsted in when she arrives?
(a) Confident and cheery.
(b) Nervous and desperate.
(c) Excited and bubbly.
(d) Concerned and thoughtful.

9. What does Tesman ask Berte to put away for him?
(a) Some personal letters he doesn't want Hedda to see.
(b) A suitcase full of notes and research.
(c) Some money he's saved.
(d) His pistols.

10. In the second act, what do we learn about the hat incident?
(a) That Hedda is sorry she said anything.
(b) Hedda only pretended she thought the hat belonged to the maid.
(c) That Julle is still offended.
(d) That Hedda was jealous of the hat.

11. 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.

12. What does Lovborg say about his recently published book?
(a) He is excited it is a success.
(b) There is nothing much in it, that he wrote a book everyone would agree with.
(c) It is important to him that it sells well.
(d) It is his great masterpiece.

13. Which of the following best compares the nature of Tesman's book to the nature of Lovborg's book?
(a) The scholarly to the chaotic.
(b) The truth to the fanciful.
(c) The useful to the superfluous.
(d) The mundane to the visionary.

14. What role did Ejlert Lovborg play in the Elvsted household prior to the happenings in the play Hedda Gabler?
(a) He was a distant relation.
(b) He was the protege of Mr Elvsted.
(c) He was a close friend of Mr Elvsted.
(d) He tutored the children.

15. What does Hedda dream of convincing Tesman to do?
(a) Become more fashionable.
(b) Go into politics.
(c) Move to the country.
(d) Get his book published.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Berte leave her belongings lying around?

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

3. What was the basis of the close friendship shared by Lovborg and Mrs Elvsted?

4. What did Tesman tell Brack about Tesman and Hedda's trip?

5. When did Lovborg write his book?

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