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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hedda complain about just after greeting Julle?
(a) The difficulty with servants.
(b) How long it has been since they've met.
(c) An open window.
(d) Having nothing to do.

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

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

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

5. From where are Tesman and Hedda returning?
(a) Their honeymoon.
(b) Spending the summer in the country.
(c) The funeral of Hedda's father.
(d) Visiting a relative that is unwell.

6. What does Hedda claim she has to keep her entertained at the end of Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) A growing family.
(b) A busy social life.
(c) A charming home.
(d) Her father's pistols.

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

8. How long has Mrs Elvsted been in town?
(a) Her whole family recently moved into town from the country.
(b) She is very recently arrived.
(c) She has always lived here.
(d) She moved to town some years ago.

9. What does Mrs Elvsted tell Hedda that Lovborg has done for her specifically because he knew she wanted it?
(a) Gives up his dissolute ways.
(b) Returns to town.
(c) Writes a book.
(d) Seperates her from her husband.

10. From their conversation, what can one infer about Brack and Hedda in Act 2?
(a) They are both uncomfortable being alone with the other.
(b) Hedda rejected Brack as a suitor.
(c) They have been lovers.
(d) They are already friends.

11. 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.

12. What does Hedda tell Brack her reason's were for marrying Tesman?
(a) His was her only marriage proposal.
(b) She loves him despite his prospects.
(c) He was determined to support her and he was not ridiculous.
(d) She sees him as a great man that will go far.

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

14. Does Berte leave her belongings lying around?
(a) No, Hedda had left it and forgotten about it.
(b) Yes, and they dismissed her for it.
(c) No, the item belonged to Julle.
(d) Yes, they were always returning things to her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Hedda not speak in Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?

2. Which of the following best characterizes Hedda's view of her marriage at the end of Act 1?

3. What does Tesman focus on when he talks about the future?

4. What does Hedda dream of convincing Tesman to do?

5. Which of the following best describes Mrs Elvsted's marriage?

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