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

2. Who are the first two characters to appear in Act 1 of Hedda Gabler?
(a) Julle and Berte.
(b) Jorgen and Hedda.
(c) Julle and Tesman.
(d) Tesman and Berte.

3. What does Lovborg want Tesman to see?
(a) The manuscript to his next book.
(b) That he is a potential candidate for the professorship.
(c) That he is a better writer than Tesman.
(d) Evidence of his reformed ways.

4. What item in Hedda and Tesman's house has been moved out of view in the beginning of Act 2 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) The bouquet of flowers.
(b) Hedda's piano.
(c) The picture of Rina.
(d) The pistols.

5. What did Julle buy in honor of Hedda?
(a) A necklace.
(b) A book.
(c) A hat.
(d) A dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second act, what do we learn about the hat incident?

2. What is Lovborg going to do for Tesman?

3. What does Julle give to Tesman before she leaves?

4. What are Mrs Elvsted's plans for the future?

5. Why is the professorship so important to Tesman?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Act 1 of Hedda Gabler, Hedda and Tesman have just returned from a trip. Where were they, and what did they do?

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

3. What does Hedda give Lovborg as a keepsake as he leaves her house in Act 3?

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

5. Why didn't Tesman tell anyone he had Lovborg's manuscript? What were his plans with it?

6. At the end of Act 1, what is the one thing Hedda says she still has one thing to amuse herself with?

7. What reason does Hedda give Lovborg for her asking him all the details of his dissolute life when they knew each other previously?

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

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

10. Hedda does two things in Act 1 that make Julle uneasy. What are they, and why did they make Julle uneasy?

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