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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 Julle give to Tesman before she leaves?
(a) An unexplained package.
(b) A suitcase of documents.
(c) A hat.
(d) His favorite slippers.

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

3. What does Tesman ask of Hedda in Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) To help him with his work.
(b) To be less distant with Julle.
(c) To show her affection towards him.
(d) To try and get out in society.

4. What does Tesman ask Berte to put away for him?
(a) His pistols.
(b) Some money he's saved.
(c) A suitcase full of notes and research.
(d) Some personal letters he doesn't want Hedda to see.

5. Why might Tesman not get the professorship he was promised?
(a) The subject of Tesman's book is irrevelant to the post.
(b) Lovborg is also being considered for the post.
(c) Tesman was gone too long on his travels.
(d) There are doubts about Tesman's character.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are people concerned about Rina?

2. Why did Tesman buy the house he did?

3. What are Brack's views on his own marriage prospects?

4. What does Hedda dream of convincing Tesman to do?

5. What is the book Tesman is working on about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Hedda enjoy her honeymoon with Tesman?

3. 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?

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

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

6. What is the only thing that Mrs. Elvsted knows about the woman from Lovborg's past?

7. Other than her dialogue, what are Hedda's two final actions in the play HEDDA GABLER?

8. An incident happened at Diana's that ended with the police being summoned. What was that incident?

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

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

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