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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tesman ask of Hedda in Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) To try and get out in society.
(b) To be less distant with Julle.
(c) To show her affection towards him.
(d) To help him with his work.

2. When Hedda and Brack are discussing a trip in a compartment on a train, what are they really discussing?
(a) The unexpected in life.
(b) Fidelity in marriage.
(c) Getting away from society.
(d) The importance of having good friends close by.

3. What does Hedda confess to Brack regarding her feelings toward Tesman?
(a) She adores him.
(b) She has never loved him.
(c) She admires him greatly and will grow to love him.
(d) She can't understand why she doesn't love him.

4. How does Hedda feel about the house she lives in?
(a) She thinks it smells of old ladies and death.
(b) She thinks the house is plain and depressing.
(c) She thinks the house will be good for raising a family.
(d) She loves the way the house has been furnished.

5. What does Lovborg say about his recently published book?
(a) He is excited it is a success.
(b) It is his great masterpiece.
(c) It is important to him that it sells well.
(d) There is nothing much in it, that he wrote a book everyone would agree with.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hedda tell Brack about her trip with Tesman?

2. What does Hedda want at the end of 1Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?

3. What does Hedda do when Brack arrives in the beginning of Act 2 of HEDDA GABLER?

4. What does Julle do as soon as she enters the room in the beginning of the first act?

5. What two events does Tesman accidentally schedule for the same time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hedda tell Lovborg that other people may think if Lovborg continued to refuse to drink at all?

2. Where did Tesman find Lovborg's manuscript and why didn't he return it at once?

3. What does Hedda tell Lovborg that finally does have an impact and he starts to drink? Why does it affect him so?

4. Describe Hedda Gabler's character.

5. What do Tesman and Hedda discuss at the end of Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER that causes severe disappointment to Hedda?

6. What does Brack press Hedda to do regarding Lovborg in the first part of Act 3 of HEDDA GABLER? Why?

7. What do Julle and Tesman allude to when they talk about Hedda "filling out"? How does Hedda feel about it?

8. At the end of Act 3, what does Hedda say to Lovborg about vine leaves? Why?

9. What does Lovborg tell Mrs. Elvsted when he sees her the morning after the party at Brack's?

10. Describe the incident with the hat in Act 1 of Hedda Gabler.

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