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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) Agree to stay with Hedda when she asks him to.
(b) Decline.
(c) Cautiously agree to go.
(d) Warmly accept as a way to regain old ties.

2. Which are the most appropriate words to describe Hedda in the first act?
(a) Professional and competent.
(b) Relaxed and lazy.
(c) Loving and kind.
(d) Particular and demanding.

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

4. What does Hedda do when Brack arrives in the beginning of Act 2 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) Wishes Tesman were at home so she wouldn't have to be alone with Brack.
(b) HideS Tesman's manuscript.
(c) Expresses her pleasure at being alone with Brack.
(d) ShootS at him with her pistol.

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

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

7. To what does Brack invite Tesman?
(a) A literary gathering.
(b) A discussion of the professorship.
(c) A stag dinner.
(d) A party at the home of a wealthy relative.

8. Why might Tesman not get the professorship he was promised?
(a) Lovborg is also being considered for the post.
(b) There are doubts about Tesman's character.
(c) The subject of Tesman's book is irrevelant to the post.
(d) Tesman was gone too long on his travels.

9. What is Brack's reaction when he realizes that Tesman is not at home and that he is alone with Hedda?
(a) Brack is uncomfortable and makes awkward conversation.
(b) Brack tells Hedda a secret.
(c) Brack is pleased and says he would have come earlier.
(d) Brack apologizes for the intrusion and withdraws.

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

11. What is Hedda's state of mind after Julle leaves?
(a) Resigned and content.
(b) Angry and tense.
(c) Happy to be home.
(d) Tired and overwhelmed.

12. What was Hedda's life like before she married?
(a) She was the popular daughter of a general.
(b) She was the heiress to a large fortune.
(c) She was the beautiful daughter of a poor family.
(d) She was a school teacher.

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

14. What does Hedda tell Brack about her trip with Tesman?
(a) She missed her wonderful home.
(b) She was very bored with only Tesman for company.
(c) She liked the people she met abroad.
(d) She wishes she never had to return home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hedda feel about the house she lives in?

2. What is the relationship between Berte and Rina?

3. In Act 2, why does Julle send word she will not be visiting Hedda and Tesman that evening?

4. What is the book Tesman is working on about?

5. Why is the professorship so important to Tesman?

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