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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hedda do with a pistol as Lovborg prepares to leave?
(a) She fires it in the air.
(b) She tries to hide it from Lovborg.
(c) She gives it to him as a 'keepsake'.
(d) She lays it on the table in the entry way.

2. What becomes apparent as soon as Hedda and Lovborg converse alone?
(a) Hedda wishes she had married Lovborg.
(b) Hedda and Lovborg have been very close.
(c) Hedda is angry at Lovborg for an unknown reason.
(d) Lovborg is jealous of Tesman's success.

3. What does Mrs. Elvsted liken Lovborg's manuscript to?
(a) Mrs Elvsted's and Lovborg's love.
(b) A great piece of art.
(c) A child.
(d) Lovborg's own life.

4. What attribute does he give Mrs Elvsted that he knows Hedda lacks?
(a) The courage to act.
(b) Beauty.
(c) A great understanding of interpersonal relationships.
(d) Intellectuality.

5. What does Lovborg know after his night at Brack's?
(a) That he is in love with Hedda.
(b) That he is the best man for the professorship.
(c) The he will not be able to maintain a respectable lifestyle.
(d) That it is pointless for him to write books.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 3, after Brack leaves, what does Hedda do?

2. Which of the following best describes the state Lovborg is in when he returns to the Tesman household after Brack's party?

3. What does Hedda say she is doing at the end of Act 3 of HEDDA GABLER?

4. What is Mrs. Elvsted waiting for in HEDDA GABLER at the beginning of Act 3?

5. What does Hedda understand is the real point of Brack's story?

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