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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Mrs. Elvsted's plans when she leaves the Tesman household in Act 3 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) She is going to attempt to purchase the manuscript back from Miss Diana.
(b) She has no plans and nowhere to go.
(c) She is going to look for the missing manuscript.
(d) She is going to return to her husband.

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

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

4. What does Tesman plan to do with the manuscript?
(a) Take it to the publisher as his own work.
(b) Hide it until after the professorship is his.
(c) Return it right away to Lovborg.
(d) Burn it.

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

6. 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 returned home to sleep.
(d) He tried to return to take Mrs Elvsted home.

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

8. What does Lovborg tell Mrs. Elvsted happened to the manuscript?
(a) That he sold it to pay his debts.
(b) That Miss Diana has taken it and he can't get it back.
(c) That it is missing but the police are looking for it.
(d) That he tore it into bits and scattered it in the fjord.

9. After Mrs Elvsted arrives, what does Lovborg talk about?
(a) He compliments Mrs Elvsted and praises the friendship he has with her.
(b) He talks about nothing but his book.
(c) He talks about when he knew Hedda.
(d) He talks about Tesman's research.

10. Of what does Lovborg accuse Mrs. Elvsted?
(a) That she was trying to credit for his reformation.
(b) That she was working with her husband to watch out for him.
(c) That she wanted to control him.
(d) That she was trying to prevent him from publishing his book.

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

12. Which of the following best characterizes the dinner party at Brack's house?
(a) Sophisticated and intellectual.
(b) Poorly attended and brief.
(c) Dull and monotonous.
(d) Wild and uncontrolled.

13. What reason does Hedda give Lovborg for not following through on a threat she made a long time ago?
(a) She was a coward and afraid of scandal.
(b) Because she loved Lovborg.
(c) It would have damaged her chances of marrying Tesman.
(d) She knew it was wrong.

14. What does Tesman tell Hedda that Lovborg made a long rambling speech about at Brack's party?
(a) The woman who inspired him.
(b) Lovborg's qualifications for the professorship.
(c) Cultural diversity.
(d) The evils of alcohol.

15. What is Mrs. Elvsted's state of mind after the gentlemen leave?
(a) Hopeful and determined.
(b) Jubilant and victorious.
(c) Serene and confident.
(d) Anxious and unhappy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What becomes apparent as soon as Hedda and Lovborg converse alone?

2. How does Hedda imagine Lovborg when he returns?

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

4. Which of the following best describes the state Lovborg is in when he returns to the Tesman household after Brack's party?

5. What is Hedda thankful for, in her relationship with Brack?

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