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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Tesman and Brack first invite Lovborg to Brack's party, what does Lovborg do?
(a) Cautiously agree to go.
(b) Agree to stay with Hedda when she asks him to.
(c) Decline.
(d) Warmly accept as a way to regain old ties.

2. In Act 2, who are the two people expected to be visiting the Tesman home in the evening?
(a) Lovborg and Brack.
(b) Julle and Mrs Elvsted.
(c) Berte and Lovborg.
(d) Mrs Elvsted and Lovborg.

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

4. What is the relationship between Tesman and Julle in the play, HEDDA GABLER?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Close friends.
(c) Brother and sister.
(d) Nephew and aunt.

5. What instrument makes its first appearance in Act 1 of Hedda Gabler?
(a) A piano.
(b) A violin.
(c) A flute.
(d) A harp.

6. 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.

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

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

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

10. What is the only thing that Mrs Elvsted knows about the woman whose shadow stands between her and Lovborg?
(a) She had rejected Lovborg for another man.
(b) She was a remarkable beauty, with red hair.
(c) She tried to shoot him with a pistol.
(d) Lovborg had asked her to marry him.

11. Who are the first two characters to appear in Act 1 of Hedda Gabler?
(a) Julle and Berte.
(b) Tesman and Berte.
(c) Julle and Tesman.
(d) Jorgen and Hedda.

12. What is the profession of Jorgen Tesman?
(a) Politician.
(b) Merchant and importer.
(c) Tesman does not work.
(d) Academic researcher and aspiring professor.

13. What does Tesman bring home with him in the second act of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) A letter from Mr Elvsted.
(b) A new instrument for Hedda.
(c) A bouquet of flowers.
(d) A pile of books for his research.

14. When did Lovborg write his book?
(a) In his "good days" before he started drinking.
(b) When he was unter the tutelage of Mr Elvsted.
(c) Within the year prior to the happenings in Hedda Gabler.
(d) During a long solitary vacation.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mrs Elvsted ask of Tesman in Act 1 of Hedda Gabler?

3. What does Lovborg want Tesman to see?

4. What does Hedda claim she has to keep her entertained at the end of Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?

5. What are Brack's views on his own marriage prospects?

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