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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What future does Hedda see for Lovborg?
(a) The coveted professorship.
(b) An act of courageous and beautiful self destruction.
(c) A future of revelry and irresponsibility.
(d) Global recognition of his genius.

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

3. How does Hedda imagine Lovborg when he returns?
(a) Flushed and fearless with vine leaves in his hair.
(b) Responsible and self controlled.
(c) Reckless and free.
(d) The talk of the town.

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

5. What does Mrs. Elvsted liken Lovborg's manuscript to?
(a) Lovborg's own life.
(b) Mrs Elvsted's and Lovborg's love.
(c) A great piece of art.
(d) A child.

6. What does Hedda destroy in the end of Act 3 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) Her father's pistols.
(b) Tesman's chances at the professorship.
(c) Lovborg's manuscript.
(d) Her reputation.

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

8. 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) The end of Lovborg's career so that Tesman would get the professorship.
(d) For Lovborg to be recognized as a great scholar.

9. What does Brack suggest is Lovborg's motive for visiting the Tesman household?
(a) To get close to Hedda.
(b) To use it as a meeting place with Mrs Elvsted.
(c) To have access to Tesman's work.
(d) To get leverage to win the professorship.

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

11. When does Hedda do with Lovborg's manuscript when she hears the maid admit Lovborg into the house?
(a) Leaves it scattered on the floor.
(b) Hides it in a drawer.
(c) Lays it out on the table.
(d) Tosses it in the fire.

12. What does Tesman confess to feeling about Lovborg's book?
(a) Pity.
(b) Envy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Disappointment.

13. What is Hedda doing when Tesman returns from Brack's party?
(a) Talking with Mrs Elvsted.
(b) Writing a letter.
(c) Stoking the fire.
(d) Reading Lovborg's book.

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

15. What does Hedda say she is doing at the end of Act 3 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) Destroying Lovborg's future.
(b) Burning a child.
(c) Making an opportunity for Tesman.
(d) Destroying her past.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following set of people truly acts in the others best interest to the best of their ability in the play HEDDA GABLER?

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

3. What reason does Hedda give Lovborg for not following through on a threat she made a long time ago?

4. What does Tesman bring to Hedda while she talks to Lovborg?

5. What is Mrs. Elvsted waiting for in HEDDA GABLER at the beginning of Act 3?

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