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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before he leaves, what does Lovborg promise to do?
(a) Stay sober.
(b) Speak to Brack about the professorship.
(c) Return at ten to take Mrs. Elvsted home.
(d) Finish his book.

2. What does Berte deliver for Tesman at a very early hour of the morning?
(a) A manuscript.
(b) A package.
(c) A letter from Julle.
(d) A letter from Hedda's past.

3. What is Mrs. Elvsted waiting for in HEDDA GABLER at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) For Hedda to let her leave.
(b) Lovborg to return from Brack's to take her home.
(c) The arrival of her husband.
(d) News of Lovborg's book.

4. What is the relationship between Lovborg and Miss Diana?
(a) Miss Diana is his cousin who has always helped him through hard times.
(b) Miss Diana works at the police station and remembers him from before his reformation.
(c) They were former lovers.
(d) Lovborg owes Miss Diana money that she hopes to recover by the sale of his book.

5. What did Hedda envision for Lovborg the night of Brack's party?
(a) For society to recognize Lovborg's complete reformation.
(b) For Lovborg to be independent and in control of himself without Mrs Elvsted's influence.
(c) For Lovborg to be recognized as a great scholar.
(d) The end of Lovborg's career so that Tesman would get the professorship.

6. What does Lovborg confess to Hedda about his manuscript?
(a) That he lost it.
(b) That he sold it to repay drinking debts.
(c) That he always hated the book.
(d) That he plagiarized Tesman's work.

7. In Act 3, after Brack leaves, what does Hedda do?
(a) Cry.
(b) Write a letter to Lovborg.
(c) Pour herself a drink.
(d) Leaf through Lovborg's manuscript.

8. What does Hedda refer to when she says someone has 'vine leaves in their hair'?
(a) That they are free-spirited.
(b) That they are living a wild lifestyle.
(c) That they are all dressed up.
(d) That they have become stuck somewhere.

9. Where did Lovborg go after he was at Brack's?
(a) He went to an especially lively party at Miss Diana's.
(b) He went to the police to report his missing manuscript.
(c) He tried to return to take Mrs Elvsted home.
(d) He returned home to sleep.

10. What happens to the manuscript when Tesman leaves?
(a) Tesman gives it to Brack to hold onto.
(b) It gets knocked off the table and the pages scatter.
(c) Tesman takes it with him to return to it's rightful owner.
(d) Tesman leaves it in Hedda's care.

11. What is Hedda thankful for, in her relationship with Brack?
(a) That Tesman is not dependent on Brack.
(b) That Brack is such a good friend with her best interests in mind.
(c) That Brack lives so close by.
(d) That Brack has no hold over her.

12. What is Lovborg's plan for his future at the end of Act 3 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) To get the professorship, and perhaps write again.
(b) To succumb to a life of debauchery and drunkeness.
(c) To return to the Elvsted and regain control of his life.
(d) To end it all.

13. What attribute does he give Mrs Elvsted that he knows Hedda lacks?
(a) The courage to act.
(b) Intellectuality.
(c) A great understanding of interpersonal relationships.
(d) Beauty.

14. What does Hedda remember getting Lovborg to confess?
(a) That he loved Hedda.
(b) The details of his dissolute lifestyle.
(c) That he wanted to kill himself.
(d) That he wanted to write a great book in his life.

15. What does Lovborg think Hedda's motives might have been in their prior friendship?
(a) To ruin his reputation.
(b) To purge and cleanse him of his ways.
(c) To make him fall in love.
(d) To keep him from writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lovborg tell Mrs. Elvsted when he returns at last from Brack's party?

2. When does Hedda do with Lovborg's manuscript when she hears the maid admit Lovborg into the house?

3. What does Lovborg try to call Hedda when they are alone?

4. What time of day is it when Lovborg arrives at the Tesman household?

5. Where does Hedda assume that Tesman is?

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