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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 book Tesman is working on about?
(a) Cultural norms of the modern age.
(b) The importance of family in society.
(c) The role of religion in shaping the future.
(d) Domestic crafts of Brabant in the Middle Ages.

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

3. What does Hedda claim she has to keep her entertained at the end of Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) A growing family.
(b) A charming home.
(c) A busy social life.
(d) Her father's pistols.

4. What does Hedda threaten to do to Berte in Act 1 of Hedda Gabler?
(a) Send her to care for Rina.
(b) Cut her hair off.
(c) Visit her every day.
(d) Dismiss her.

5. What did Tesman tell Brack about Tesman and Hedda's trip?
(a) They spent every moment together.
(b) They missed their home terribly.
(c) Hedda had a very good time.
(d) It was long and difficult.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Tesman focus on when he talks about the future?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Elvsted liken the manuscript to?

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

4. 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?

5. What is the one trait of Mrs. Elvsted's that Hedda remembers and characterizes her by?

6. How does Lovborg feel about Hedda being married to Tesman?

7. How did Hedda enjoy her honeymoon with Tesman?

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

9. What does Lovborg say the only option open to him now is? How does Hedda respond?

10. What does Hedda learn from Mrs.1Elvsted when they speak alone in Act I of Hedda Gabler that Mrs Elvsted had concealed from Tesman?

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