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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 kept Hedda and Tesman up late the night of their return?
(a) They were celebrating the return to their new home.
(b) Hedda needed everything unpacked and put away in a particular manner.
(c) Berte was was having a party next door.
(d) Julle was ill.

2. How is Lovborg's book received by the public?
(a) It is ridiculed.
(b) It becomes the most popular novel of the time.
(c) It is disputed by the academic community.
(d) It is very well received and called 'a sensation'.

3. Which are the most appropriate words to describe Hedda in the first act?
(a) Loving and kind.
(b) Particular and demanding.
(c) Relaxed and lazy.
(d) Professional and competent.

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) The pistols.
(c) Hedda's piano.
(d) The picture of Rina.

5. From their conversation, what can one infer about Brack and Hedda in Act 2?
(a) Hedda rejected Brack as a suitor.
(b) They are both uncomfortable being alone with the other.
(c) They are already friends.
(d) They have been lovers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lovborg going to do for Tesman?

2. Why is Mrs Elvsted uneasy talking about her home life?

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

4. What kind of friends were Mrs Elvsted and Hedda in school?

5. What does Mrs Elvsted tell Hedda that Lovborg has done for her specifically because he knew she wanted it?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Act 1 of Hedda Gabler, what does Hedda say about her piano? What does Tesman suggest in reply, and how is his suggestion received?

2. How do Hedda and Aunt Julle get along?

3. What does Hedda reveal to Brack about the house that Tesman does not know?

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

5. What leverage does Brack acquire over Hedda?

6. In Act 2 of HEDDA GABLER, Hedda tells Lovborg that her not daring to shoot him when their previous friendship ended was an act of cowardice, for fear of a scandal, but that it was not her greatest act of cowardice that evening. What do you think she is alluding to as her greatest act of cowardice?

7. Despite it's great reception, what does Lovborg say about the book of his that was recently published? What about the next one?

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

9. How did Hedda enjoy her honeymoon with Tesman?

10. What do Tesman and Mrs. Elvsted decide they must do for Lovborg, and what does Mrs. Elvsted have that makes this possible?

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