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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Act 1, what is the role of Berte in the household?
(a) Visiting relative.
(b) Neighbor.
(c) Landlord.
(d) Housemaid.

3. What kind of friends were Mrs Elvsted and Hedda in school?
(a) They were seperated by a year, and Mrs Elvsted was frightened of Hedda.
(b) They had some good friends in common and so they saw a lot of each other.
(c) They were inseperable best friends.
(d) They were classmates that spent a lot of time on school work together.

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

5. Which of the following best characterizes Hedda's view of her marriage at the end of Act 1?
(a) Exciting and adventurous.
(b) Unimportant and temporary.
(c) A disappointment and boring.
(d) Comfortable and supportive.

6. Which answer best describes Tesman's perception of Hedda?
(a) Rude and ungrateful.
(b) Flighty and vacant.
(c) Demanding and restrictive.
(d) Beautiful and adored.

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

8. What does Hedda want at the end of 1Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) A child.
(b) To be reunited with old friends.
(c) A salon, a footman, and a horse.
(d) Peace from the world to be with her family.

9. What two events does Tesman accidentally schedule for the same time?
(a) Mrs Elvsted's visit and work for his next book.
(b) Brack's party and his wife's birthday.
(c) Lovborg's visit and Brack's dinner.
(d) Lovborg's visit and a visit from his aunt.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How long has Mrs Elvsted been in town?

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

5. What does Mrs Elvsted tell Hedda that Lovborg has done for her specifically because he knew she wanted it?

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