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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 focus on when he talks about the future?
(a) Spending time with his wife.
(b) Making a fortune.
(c) His career.
(d) Raising a family.

2. What does Hedda want at the end of 1Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) A salon, a footman, and a horse.
(b) A child.
(c) Peace from the world to be with her family.
(d) To be reunited with old friends.

3. When Tesman and Brack first invite Lovborg to Brack's party, what does Lovborg do?
(a) Decline.
(b) Cautiously agree to go.
(c) Agree to stay with Hedda when she asks him to.
(d) Warmly accept as a way to regain old ties.

4. How does Hedda feel about the possibility of motherhood?
(a) She has no leaning toward such responsibilities.
(b) She looks forward to it to keep her occupied.
(c) She can't wait to hear children's voices in the house.
(d) She doesn't think she is capable of bearing children.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the furnishings in the house paid for?

2. What is the relationship between Berte and Rina?

3. What part of Mrs Elvsted does Hedda find "irritating"?

4. What does Tesman ask of Hedda in Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?

5. What does Hedda tell Brack her reason's were for marrying Tesman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What brought Lovborg back to town?

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

3. How did Hedda enjoy her honeymoon with Tesman?

4. Where was Lovborg and what was he doing when the gun went off and killed him?

5. When Julle and Tesman discuss Hedda, what do they usually focus on?

6. What does Hedda mean at the end of Act 2 when she tells Mrs. Elvsted that at ten o'clock Lovborg will return "with vine leaves in his hair"?

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

8. In the beginning of Act 2, shortly after discussing their financial constraints, what does Tesman return home with?

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

10. Tesman foresees many months of work to reconstruct the manuscript. How does he recommend they all arrange themselves while the work is going on?

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