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

2. Why did Tesman buy the house he did?
(a) It was the only one he could afford.
(b) He believed Hedda wanted it more than any other.
(c) It had many rooms for raising a family.
(d) It was close to his work.

3. Why is the professorship so important to Tesman?
(a) He wants to make Hedda and Julle proud of him.
(b) He based his marriage and finances on the prospects of the job.
(c) So he will finally outshine Lovborg.
(d) He desperately wants some academic recognition.

4. What does Hedda dream of convincing Tesman to do?
(a) Get his book published.
(b) Go into politics.
(c) Move to the country.
(d) Become more fashionable.

5. In the second act, what do we learn about the hat incident?
(a) That Julle is still offended.
(b) Hedda only pretended she thought the hat belonged to the maid.
(c) That Hedda is sorry she said anything.
(d) That Hedda was jealous of the hat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Act 2, why does Julle send word she will not be visiting Hedda and Tesman that evening?

3. What does Mrs Elvsted ask of Tesman in Act 1 of Hedda Gabler?

4. Which of the following best characterizes Mrs Elvsted's feelings regarding Lovborg?

5. Who are the first two characters to appear in Act 1 of Hedda Gabler?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Tesman and Julle are discussing future prospects, they are talking about different things. What does Tesman talk about, and what does Julle talk about?

2. What does the letter from Julle tell Tesman about Rina? What are Tesman and Hedda's responses?

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

4. What does Tesman say about the unpublished manuscript that Lovborg read to him at Brack's party?

5. How does the title character in HEDDA GABLER feel about motherhood? Do others know or expect her to feel this way?

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

7. 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?

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

9. When Lovborg leaves at the end of Act 3 what does Hedda do? What does she say while she does it?

10. The morning after the party at Brack's house, what is the situation like at the Tesman household?

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